Retroactive College Expense Reimbursement Allowed
Jan 02, 2012OUTCOME: My client was able to force her former spouse to pay for past college expenses of their child.
The parties were divorced in 1993 and had one daughter. She began attending college in the fall of 2008. The mother filed a Petition for Contribution to College Expenses in May of 2010. In October, 201 ... 0, Judge Barbara M. Meyer instructed the parties to write briefs based on the recent Petersen decision and how it affected the mother’s retroactive claim. The Judge held that the case was distinguishable from Petersen because in the instant case the parties specifically agreed to contribute to their daughter’s post high school education. Judge Meyer held that the mother could seek contribution from the father for the daughter’s college expenses retroactively for the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 school years. The mother was represented by Shawn McKenna and Miriam Cooper from the Law Offices of Miriam Cooper. The father was represented by Annette Fernholz.
