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No judge will order college costs. It just isn't done.[/quote]

Says someone with no experience of divorce law, apparently.

The following states have laws or case law that give courts the authority to order a non-custodial parent to pay for some form of college expenses: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia and Washington. As you can see, this is about half of the states in the union. Even in states that do not require divorced parents to pay for college, and even if all support for children stops at graduation from high school or age 18, if the parents have made an agreement to pay for their children’s college expenses, those terms would be enforced.

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NP and your post is very misleading and for that reason inaccurate.  There are very few states (far less than half) where paying for college can be ordered by the judge on his/her own accord rather than on the basis of an agreement incorporated into the divorce.  There are a few other states where child support can be ordered after graduation from high school but it requires a showing of a very severe disability.

As just one example, you are wrong about Maryland, by the way, it ends at the later of 18 or graduation from high school / turning 19.[/quote]

DP.  You are conflating 'child support' with an agreement to cover part of the costs of the children's college tuition.  An agreement can be made to cover college tuition costs even when the parent isn't getting paid monthly child support.

What kind of *sshole cuts their ties with their kids and runs of with the Ho and her kids and lets their own suffer?  That's a rhetorical question  :lol: .  I would leave no stone unturned, including child's future inheritance/trust, $ set aside, etc..[/quote]

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