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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How would you handle this? DD is off to graduate school in the fall. She is moving to that town and we were planning on helping her with the cost of an apartment. Her boyfriend wants to move there too, and of course they’d want to share. Are we being forced to support the boyfriend here? He doesn’t have a lot of income. DD is acting oblivious to our point of view that we are not comfortable paying for a shared apartment. [/quote]

I wouldn't like that either.  Can you pay for grad school and tell her to take out loans for the shared apartment if she insists on living with him?  Or if you're okay with them living together, you can say you'll pay for 50% of the rent directly to the landlord, and he's responsible for the other 50%?  Tenants are typically jointly and severally liable, but going in with some clear division and expectations is a requirement if you want to make it work.  It's pretty common for grad students to have roommates, so figuring out a fair division seems like a good idea to me.  But is your daughter going to end up subsidizing him anyway?  [/quote]

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