Effect of Parent-Child Estrangement on Post-Minority Educational Child Support in Pennsylvania: Milne v. Milne, The
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Parks, David G.
Issue Date
1990
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23
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|Traditionally, child support obligations terminate when the child reaches the age of majority. Before 1971, and prior to the adoption of the twenty-sixth amendment, the age of majority generally was twenty-one. Child support awards for the education expenses of minor children of divorced parents could extend through college. While legislatures of the 1970's were reducing the age of majority from twenty-one to eighteen, the country became more technologically oriented. Therefore, a college education became an economic necessity for the nation's youth. Ironically, because the age of majority had been lowered, these children now reached majority at the end of high school. Absent an agreement between the parents, adult children were no longer owed a duty of parental support through college. These facts of modern life impacted child support litigation and the response of state legislatures regarding post-minority support for college education...
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23 Creighton L. Rev. 783 (1989-1990)
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Creighton University School of Law