Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts

Re: Child continuing college

If your daughter is obtaining her bachelor's degree, she has reached the statutory limit of the court's authority to order her father to contribute for support, maintenance, and education. Chapter 208, sec. 28 governs this, and in essence ends the support obligation at age 23, or one bachelor's degree, whichever comes first.

You will need a court order on the health insurance. However, you should distinguish between husband's obligation, and the insurer's obligation under the statute. I also had not heard about this change, but suspect that it regulates the insurer's obligation, not the husband's.

The pro-rated payment was rather slimy, but not inherently illegal.

: "Child" continuing post-college education.

I have to plead ignorance in part, I have not heard about the age of health insurance being moved to 26. Maybe you can point to me where you saw or heard this. Even if she can be covered as a dependant for the purpose of healty insurance, it probably does not mean that she is covered by the father beyond the point of her emancipation.

The usual issue is emancipation. This is full-time attendance in college, or its equivalent, through the age of 23, supported by a court order. Graduate school is typically not covered.