Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
Good Evening Mr. Dunn -
In case you were wondering were my question came from... and understand that in the State of Texas that College Support is optional, but definately feel the information read below makes sense.
Thank you for answering my question.
http://www.public.asu.edu/~devra1/fab_brav_den.pdf
These states have justified their intervention on the reasoning that by sanctioning
the divorce, the state has allowed the children to be deprived of economic resources
they would otherwise have had; thus, the state has a legitimate interest in compelling the parents
to provide for their children�s access to higher education (Ellman et al., 1998; Horan,
1987).
All most all the states that will require college expense support from divorced parents will not require it from
both parents,
3 just from the one ordered to pay child support, that is, the noncustodial parent�
in 85% of cases, the father (Meyer&Garasky;, 1993).
4 Presumably, there are two rationales
for this. First, it is assumed that fathers have more financial resources to support a college
education than do mothers.
The assumption that noncustodial fathers have more financial resources is supported by
much research (e.g., Dodson & Entmacher, 1994; Duncan & Hoffman, 1985; Hoffman &
Duncan, 1985; Sorenson, 1992; Teachman & Paasch, 1994;Weiss, 1984;Weitzman, 1985),
1 Answer from Attorneys
Your question is posted & every attorney can read your question.
It is obvious that you've done a lot of research on this topic.
I'm sure that you are aware that:
1. Family Law is determined state by state. Texas does not care how other states handle college expenses. Other state laws do not impact Texas family law.
2. Texas family law is gender neutral. Many women now make more money than men. So judges don't assume that fathers can afford to pay for college better than mothers!
3. Child support cannot be ordered by a judge past the age of 18 if the child is healthy! If the parents agree it can go on longer but it would only be a contractual agreement between the parties.
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