Mother seeks kids’ court-held funds for school costs

There was a moral duty on parents to provide for their children, a judge told a distressed mother in the Circuit Civil Court yesterday.

The woman concerned said that her family was on the edge of poverty when she applied for money to be paid out of court funds to buy school books and other items applicable to their education for her three children.

Some years ago, the three children had been awarded €11,000 each for personal injuries they suffered in a rear-ending accident and the awards, totalling €33,000 had been lodged in court funds until they reached the age of 18.