Parents sue son for not giving them a grandchild, claim ‘mental harassment’
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Parents in India are suing their only son for US$650,000 in compensation but say they will drop their legal claim if their son and his wife produce a grandchild in the next year.
A couple in India is suing their only son and his wife for not producing a grandchild after six years of marriage.
Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad, 61 and 57, of the Indian state of Uttarakhand filed the lawsuit on May 7 on the grounds of “mental harassment,” the Times of India reported.
The couple is demanding US$650,000 in compensation, should a grandchild not be born in the next year.
The Prasads claim they spent their savings raising their son, also paying for his education to become a pilot, as well as for his lavish wedding in 2016.
According to the BBC, the son and his wife have yet to respond publicly to the lawsuit.
“I have only one son. I spent all my savings on his upbringing,” the father told the Times of India.
He added when an economic recession and job loss forced his son to return to India in 2007, he and his wife financially supported their son.