The unnamed 23-year-old went to the provincial court of Cantabria in Castro Urdiales to complain that her parents had refused to continue providing her with food and shelter, The Local reports.

But far from sympathetic, the judge rejected her case and said she had squandered every opportunity for employment or education.

He pointed out the obligation on parents to look after their children until self-sufficiency only applies if the need is not of the child’s own making.

In his judgment, he concluded that it was “the appellant’s own behaviour after reaching the age of maturity - behaviour legally qualifiable as laziness and lacking productive use of time and opportunities - that has left said appellant in her current situation”.