What is the legal standard that a court will use to determine if a parent has an obligation to assist a child pay for graduate school?
The Ross court also established the legal standard that a family court must use to determine if a parent has legal obligation to assist a child pay for graduate school. The threshold question is to determine if the parties had sent their child to graduate school and financed that school if there had not been a separation and divorce. The Ross court also enumerated six factors that should be considered in determining these type of cases: a. The amount of support sought. b. The ability of the non-custodial parent to pay that costs, and its relation to the type of schooling sought. c. The financial position of the custodial parent. d. The commitment and aptitude of the child the schooling in question. e. The child’s relationship to the non-custodial paying parent. f. The relationship of the schooling in question to any prior training and generally the relationship to the overall long term range goals of the child. The Ross court further held that the child could not be considered emancipa
