Just to clarify that Supreme Court ruling, here's a sentence from a news story about it:
(The court) can't force divorcing couples to pay for theirchild's college education, the state Supreme Court ruled, even when oneor both the parties initially agree - in writing - to pick up the tab.
This transcends any written agreement, according to what I've read. And I don't have DH's divorce decree in front of me, but their wording was very vague and makes no promises about paying college costs. No mention apparently has been made of the ex-wife paying for college or the child (who must have savings based on how much she babysits and has worked in recent years). However, the ex-wife is supposed to produce paperwork showing this information. Doubtful that it will be truthful information, however.
What we just can't understand is how a court official can willfully ignore a Supreme Court ruling. Is this just naive on our parts and this happens on a regular basis? Thanks for all of your replies so far.
(The court) can't force divorcing couples to pay for theirchild's college education, the state Supreme Court ruled, even when oneor both the parties initially agree - in writing - to pick up the tab.
This transcends any written agreement, according to what I've read. And I don't have DH's divorce decree in front of me, but their wording was very vague and makes no promises about paying college costs. No mention apparently has been made of the ex-wife paying for college or the child (who must have savings based on how much she babysits and has worked in recent years). However, the ex-wife is supposed to produce paperwork showing this information. Doubtful that it will be truthful information, however.
What we just can't understand is how a court official can willfully ignore a Supreme Court ruling. Is this just naive on our parts and this happens on a regular basis? Thanks for all of your replies so far.