Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

Adopted child mother seeking college tuition from x father

My daughter was adopted six years ago and in my divorce agreement back in 1992 I agreed to pay for college in the marriage settlemnt agreement. After the adoption in 2004 my x wife is taking me back to court to enforce the marriage settlement agreement stating that I would pay for college even though my parental rights child support and all rights were terminated in 1998. I was told specifically at that time I had no rights or obligations to that child. She was adopted by my x wifes current husband but now the court is saying the marriage settlement agreement should be enforced. Do I have any recourse. My child support and all visitation ended with the adoption.

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Asked on 2/24/05, 8:15 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Johns Mark Johns, Esquire

Re: Adopted child mother seeking college tuition from x father

Unless the payment of college tuition was part of the alimony portion of the agreement rather than the child support portion you should have no obligation since your parental rights were terminated. If you do not have counsel you need to secure counsel immediately. College tution for 4 years could run to $100,000.00 and an attorney should be considerably less. I offer free consultations.

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Answered on 2/24/05, 11:20 am


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