A British court may soon take on the task of deciding whether it’s okay to charge a five-year-old a “no show” fee for missing a birthday party. Alex Nash was supposed to attend his friend’s birthday party just before Christmas, but backed out when his parents remembered he was supposed to spend the day with his grandparents.
The result? An invoice slipped into his school bag from the host’s family, charging Nash nearly $29 for skipping out.
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The hosting mother, Julia Lawrence, says that she had to pay out of pocket for the no-show, and that she would take the parents to small claims court for refusing to pay.
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