Italy forces two men over 40 to leave their mother's house for not working or helping at home

An Italian court has ordered two men, aged 42 and 40, to leave the house of their mother, who had gone to court to evict her own children, alleging not only that they did not contribute to the family economy but that they did not provide any type of income.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
25 October 2023 Wednesday 16:32
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Italy forces two men over 40 to leave their mother's house for not working or helping at home

An Italian court has ordered two men, aged 42 and 40, to leave the house of their mother, who had gone to court to evict her own children, alleging not only that they did not contribute to the family economy but that they did not provide any type of income. helps with housework.

The mother, Simona Caterbi, 75 years old and living in Pavia, in northern Italy, had tried in vain to convince her children to leave and a judge ended up agreeing with her. The two men must leave the home before December 18, according to the newspaper La Provincia.

In the ruling, it is established that cohabitation could be "initially founded", to the extent that the parents have a "maintenance obligation" towards their children, but today "it no longer seems justifiable" that the two men have to remain in the home with his mother. They take into account, for example, "that the two accused are individuals over forty years of age," reports the RAI channel.

A recent Eurostat study concluded that young people become independent on average in Italy at the age of 30, a figure similar to that of Spain and the seventh highest within the Twenty-seven. The average within the EU is 26.4 years, with Finland, Sweden and Denmark having data below 22 years.