ROME: Adult Italians who refuse to give up the comforts of their parents' home have found a champion in a judge who ordered a father to carry on paying a living allowance to his student daughter, 32.
In a case that has provoked debate in Italy, Giancarlo Casagrande, 60, of Bergamo, risked having his assets confiscated unless he resumed paying €350 ($550) a month and €12,000 in arrears to his daughter, Marina, after he decided three years ago she was old enough to pay her own way.
With concerns growing in Italy about the 59 per cent of Italians under 34 still living at home, Roberto Calderoli, a cabinet member, called the ruling ''a slap in the face for good sense''.
Eight years after she was due to graduate with a degree in philosophy, Ms Casagrande is still working on her thesis and lives with her mother. The allowance was fixed when her parents divorced in 1997 .
''It's easy to say she is a bambocciona,'' her mother said, using the Italian slang for children who refuse to leave home, which roughly translates to big baby. ''But it's hard for children to find work today.''
Two years ago a Milan court dismissed an application by an engineer, 36, to force his father to pay a €2000 monthly allowance.
A legal expert said Mr Casagrande was easy to sue because he had broken off payments to his daughter without seeking a settlement.
Her mother said the student had been trying to make ends meet as a dance instructor and promised she was no slacker.
''Marina should graduate in March with a thesis on the holy grail,'' she said.
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