{
  "id": 16775466,
  "title": "Indiana mom spared son's college costs after 25 unanswered texts, court rules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/indiana-mom-spared-sons-college-costs-after-25-unanswered-texts-court",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T16:26:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-2021-an-indiana-mother-and-her-teenage-son-lost-contact-after-he-moved-away-with-his-father-she-later-showed-a-court-about-25-unanswered-texts-and-an-october-26-ruling-said-she-need-not-pay-his-college-expenses/articleshow/135237618.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "An Indiana appeals court has determined that a mother is not obliged to finance her son's tertiary education, citing four years of estrangement post-family split as decisive. The ruling highlighted that the son's voluntary disengagement from their relationship granted the mother a valid legal defense. Furthermore, the court dismissed the father's appeal as insufficient to impact the prior court's…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}