Divorce and college?

Question

Can I go back to court and make my ex pay part of college tuition for our daughter if its not in our original divorce decree?

Answer 1

As long as you make the modifications before she begins the college school year.

Answer 2

Most states indicate that child support stops if the child does not continue their education.

So if she does go to college, the father can pay up to her 21st birthday.

Answer 3

You're certainly welcome to try. Keep in mind, however, that college tuition is *not* generally written into most divorce agreements and that the judge may not agree with you that your ex should pay anything at all.

Answer 4

Nope...Ask him to help.

Answer 5

Aside from the fact that he was never bound, even during the marriage, to keep paying up for an adult child, the divorce decree was the end of the lawsuit, and you're going to need a better reason than that to go at him again.  

Answer 6

no, you cannot, and judges usually will not put that in divorce decrees.  your only chance is to get your daughter to ask her dad for help, like regular kids with married parents have to do.  parents are not legally responsible for college.