Two adult men aged 40 and 42 will now be compelled to seek alternative places to live after their mother obtained a court order to kick them out.
According to court documents, the mother described her two sons as parasites who had been living in the family apartment without contributing financially.
The 75-year-old woman based in the northern Italian city of Pavia told the court the sons were also not helping around in the house.
Judge Simona Caterbi sided with the retired mother, who is separated from the men’s father and whose pension went entirely on food and maintenance of the home, ruling that the two or big babies have until December 18 to vacate the premises.
Caterbi wrote: “There is no provision in the legislation which attributes to the adult child the unconditional right to remain in the home exclusively owned by the parents, against their will and by virtue of the family bond alone.”
The men, who hired lawyers to fight the maternal eviction, according to the local newspaper La Provincia Pavese, argued that Italian parents are required by law to take care of their children as long as necessary.
Caterbi cited the existing law in her ruling and agreed that “the stay in the property could initially be considered well-founded because the law is based on the maintenance obligation incumbent on the parent.”
She then ruled that “it no longer appears justifiable considering the two defendants are subjects over 40 and once a certain age has been exceeded, the child can no longer expect the parents to continue the maintenance obligation beyond limits that are no longer reasonable.”
A lawyer for the men told local media that the men had yet to decide if they would appeal the court decision.
