News & Analysis as of September 20, 2024

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Divorce is the formal legal dissolution of a marriage. The divorce process implicates many diverse areas of the law including, but not limited to, real estate, wills and trusts, child custody, and tax.

Do Divorced Parents Have To Pay For Our Children’s College Education?

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 6/3/2024

It depends... If you reside in Pennsylvania, there is no legal obligation to pay for college as any support obligation ends when your child turns 18 or graduates high school, whichever is last to occur....more

Divorce & Making Sense of a Family’s 2nd Biggest Investment

Fox Rothschild LLP on 2/27/2023

One of the goals of this blog is to familiarize lawyers and clients going through divorce with the importance of putting economic issues ahead of emotional ones. But this edition addresses a problem that afflicts all American...more

Payment of Yeshiva Tuition Following Divorce: An In-Depth Look

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/5/2023

While many attorneys and clients are aware of basic financial issues that must be in almost every divorce agreement – alimony, child support, equitable distribution – there are certain financial components that should not be...more

Appellate Division Reverses Court Imposed Cap on College Contributions

Fox Rothschild LLP on 10/5/2021

When parties get divorced and there are children in high school or younger, they often reserve on what their financial contributions towards the children’s post-secondary educational expenses will look like. We often include...more

Child Support And College Contributions: How Are These Obligations Affected By A Strained Parent-Child Relationship?

Fox Rothschild LLP on 2/4/2020

In a recent decision, the appellate division has addressed the proper procedure for adjudicating a parent’s request to eliminate his obligation to pay child support and for college, when there is a question of whether the...more

Allocation of College Expenses in Divorce

Burns & Levinson LLP on 7/12/2019

To the recent high school graduates from the class of 2019, congratulations! For the parents (particularly divorced or divorcing parents) of the recent high school graduates from the class of 2019, I hope you’ve saved some...more

Child Support: Will I Really Have to Pay for My Child’s College?

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 4/15/2014

“Aren’t I done paying support once my kid turns 18?!” is common sentiment among many parents who are paying child support. A recent case that has been making waves in the news involves a New Jersey teenager who sued her...more

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