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I missed that she was 16 at the time.</p>
<p>I understand that you said ‘if’ but I don’t see why the debt wouldn’t still exist regardless of whether or not she’s a minor. We certainly have to pay for our minors here.</p>
<p>But maybe that’s what you meant and tying into ellemenope’s point - it seems that the parents s/b responsible since she’s only 16 y/o regardless of what each of them desire. </p>
<p>I also wonder about the legal aspect which may also have been your point - if the parents never gave permission for the procedures to be done and this is a minor then does the hospital have anything legally enforcable? I don’t even know how that’d work here - if a 16 y/o ends up in the ER with a burst appendix and it’s corrected through surgery before the parents are available to sign all the forms, is the family legally responsible for the minor since they never entered into a contract with the hospital? Maybe there are laws protecting hospitals and doctors on this point - it’d make sense.</p>
<p>Unless the laws are different in Holland, and they certainly might be, I don’t see how a debt collector could legally go after a minor. Imagine she was 2 y/o at the time - would they still go after her rather than the parents?</p>
<p>Given all of that, morally the money would be owed and it s/b paid back by the parents somehow.</p>
<p>Consulting a lawyer capable of handling a Dutch legal issue may be a good idea although that’d likely cost some money as well.</p>