A PARENTS OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR COLLEGE EXPENSES Before 1976 there was really no basis in Massachusetts statutory law to impose educational costs on a divorced parent
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A Separation Agreement assigned half of the marital share of an ex-husbands pensiono the ex-wife but the QDRO was never submitted to the Court. A later modification agreement gave joint physical custody of the minor children to the parties and waived all child support. At the time of the modification the ex-husband was unemployed.
Following the modification judgment the ex-husband exercised his shared physical custody of the children for only about two weeks. The ex-wife could not work as the youngest child was severely disabled and required her full-time care.
The ex-wife’s only income was the youngest child’s SSI benefits and food stamps. Then, she learned her ex-husband had received a windfall settlement and had been reinstated to his old job. She stated “I knew that, without legal representation, which I could never have paid for, the chances of my getting reimbursed for supporting our kids on my own was next to impossible.”
At the time she came to VLP the ex-wife was seeking assistance with modifying the custody and child support orders and submission of the QDRO. Panel attorney, Joel A. Abu accepted the case and secured back child support for the ex-wife of $55,000.00, child support of $254.00 weekly per child until age 23, and submission of a QDRO according to the terms of the Separation Agreement.
The ex-wife further stated she was very impressed with Attorney Abu. “It was a lot of hard work! He went above and beyond the call of duty to help me. He took the time to explain my rights, and gave me the gift of having my voice heard”
She further stated: “Joel really helped me out with this case; I really felt I was participating in lifting my own oppression and voice by helping my children. He helped me access the legal system and made me feel I could do more than I thought I could. He helped me move forward, to the next level and get the justice that I needed my children deserved.”
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A PARENTS OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR COLLEGE EXPENSES Before 1976 there was really no basis in Massachusetts statutory law to impose educational costs on a divorced parent
A PARENTS OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR COLLEGE EXPENSES Before 1976 there was really no basis in Massachusetts statutory law to impose educational costs on a divorced parent