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Tags >> college expenses
Feb 28
2010

Ask A Divorce Lawyer: If I emancipate my daughter, am I still responsible for her college expenses?

Posted by pmcmahon in Steven Lee Akins Jr. , Maintenance , emancipation , Cordell Cordell, PC , college expenses , Child Support , Ask A Lawyer

Question:

My daughter is in a state college and I am paying one-third of her tuition and off-campus living expenses, in addition to my child support order. She is 20 years old and not progressing academically in this school towards her goal of going to nursing school. So I want her to switch to a community college since she is retaking classes until she gets a better GPA. I'm looking at less debt for her later, but she is refusing to consider it. Since she lives in an apartment, and not with her mother, if I emancipate her at 21, will I still be responsible to pay for her living expenses and college tuition?

Feb 15
2010

Ask a Divorce Lawyer topics for Feb. 15: Daycare; Verbal agreements and child support; Hague Convention; equal rights; paying for college; summer visitations

Posted by Matt Allen in William Halaz III , Visitation , third party , summer , noncustodial , Nancy Shannon , moving children out of country , move out of state , Modification , Jennifer Paine , Hague Convention , decree , daycare , Cordell Cordell, PC , college expenses , Child Support , Ask A Lawyer

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

  • My wife won't tell me where our daughter goes to daycare. Can the court force her to tell me?
  • Does our verbal agreement to modify child support have any standing in court?
  • Can I force my child to come back to my state and live with me?
  • How should I deal with with a Hague Convention case?
  • Shouldn’t I have equal rights to see my daughter during the divorce process? Can       her parents stop me?
  • My support orders say I have to pay until my child is 18, but will I be required to pay any of his college expenses?
  • What is a typical arrangement for summer visitations when the parents live in different states?

 

Feb 10
2010

Money Made Easy: Saving for College

Posted by Matt Allen in video , Money Made Easy , finances , Dan Danford , college expenses , college

Dan Danford, host of Money Made Easy, teaches us how to save for college tuition for newborns.

Danford, MBA, CRSP of Family Investment Center, uses his own 30 years of experience as a small business owner and financial advisor to offer tips on how you'll be able to send your kids to college even with limited resources.

 

 

Jan 23
2010

Ask A Divorce Lawyer: Should I pay the questionable college bill or wait for the itemized bill?

Posted by pmcmahon in Legal Strategy , Erica Christian , Cordell Cordell, PC , college expenses , college , Ask A Lawyer

Question: 

My ex-wife and I are responsible for one-half of our daughter's college tuition and books, which I am willing to pay. My ex-wife gave me a bill in which she blacked out the amount due and scholarship information. She then wrote in amounts in these columns and requested I pay it.

Common sense tells me the bill is less than what they claim, but neither will provide me with an explanation or an unaltered bill. She is threatening me with being in contempt of court if I don't pay. Should I pay it, or hold my ground until I receive an itemized bill? There is a late fee if it's not paid within 30 days which I am sure she's going to request I pay.

 

Jan 23
2010

Ask A Divorce Lawyer: Am I legally bound to pay for my son's college expenses?

Posted by pmcmahon in PAS , Parental Alienation Syndrome , Maintenance , Erica Christian , Cordell Cordell, PC , college expenses , Child Support , Ask A Lawyer , 18

Question: 

I got divorced in New York in 1994. The stipulation of the settlement emancipates me when my son is 18. In return, I must pay all college costs.

My son has a severe case of parental alienation syndrome (PAS). In other words, he has relentless and irrational hatred towards me. He's 20 years old and entered college 2 years ago. I offered to pay as per the court order in the divorce but he would not even speak to me.

His mother had him apply for college aid (state and federal) while at the same time extorting me for $800/month for child support since I did not pay for college (not my choice). I have no idea where this money goes. He nor his mother will provide any accounting for his college costs. No receipts, nothing.

What am I legally bound to pay in this case?

 

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