You know what they say: Nothing tests a family relationship quite like money. Well, maybe money and Thanksgiving dinner. But one Iowa family has apparently taken the disagreement to a whole new level!

A 45-year-old man named Derek Wulf is running for lieutenant governor of Iowa, but according to a lawsuit, he's also dealing with a little family business that hasn't exactly gone smoothly.

His own parents are suing him for $275,000 in allegedly unpaid rent on farmland he rented from them. They claim he stopped paying rent about two years ago.

Two years! That's not forgetting to pay your mom back for a pizza. That's an entire agricultural-sized IOU.

And the lawsuit doesn't stop there. His parents also accuse him of misrepresenting his assets in financial documents. Meanwhile, other people have reportedly filed lawsuits against Wulf and his company since 2023 over payments they say they're owed.

So, somewhere in Iowa, there's a family dinner that probably needs a seating chart, a mediator, and maybe a court reporter.

Imagine Mom passing the mashed potatoes while Dad asks, “So, Derek, when are we getting that rent money?”

And Derek responds, “Can we PLEASE not talk about this in front of the gravy?”

Of course, we don't know how this will all play out. These are allegations in a legal dispute, and the court will have to sort out the claims.

But $275,000 in alleged unpaid rent? That's a lot of money. I wonder if his parents are also charging interest on all those childhood expenses.

“You know those Totino's Pizza Rolls you ate by the truckload in 1998? We've added late fees.”

At this point, the family might need a new tradition: Instead of exchanging Christmas presents, everybody exchanges invoices.

THE QUESTION IS: If your parents sued you for $275,000, would you still show up for Sunday dinner? And more importantly, who gets custody of the family lasagna?

Because nothing says family values quite like asking your own kid to pay up!