My son recently graduated from college and he now wants to attend law school. Do I have a legal obligation to provide support to my son even beyond graduation from college?
New Jersey courts are the most liberal courts in the United States when it comes to providing child support for children. New Jersey courts have extended a parent’s legal obligation to provide support even after a child graduates from college. Therefore, a parent can be legally obligated to pay child support when a child attends graduate school. Moreover, a parent can be legally required to pay for the cost for the child to attend graduate school. The seminal case on this legal issue is Ross v. Ross, 167 N.J. 441 (Ch. Div. 1979). In Ross, the court reviewed the issue of whether the non-custodial parent’s support obligation for a 23-year-old child should continue through her graduate school training. The court held that there was no clear cut off date that would entitle the father to a ruling that he was not required to contribute to his daughter’s graduate school education.
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