What legal obligation do parents have to contribute to the post high school educational expenses of adult child(ren)?
None according to the most recent pronouncement of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. For decades, it was understood as the law in this state that parents could be required to pay for the post high school education of their child(ren) in accordance with the ability of the parents to pay and so long as it did not work an undue hardship on the parents. This concept was turned on its ear by the 1992 decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the case of Blue v. Blue. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that a parent does not have a duty to support a child after the child turns 18 or graduates from high school, whichever event occurs later. The decision caused a proverbial uproar. The legislature responded by quickly enacting a law designated as Act 62 of 1993 most commonly referred to as the Anti-Blue Statute. This law became effective on July 2, 1993. It provided that parents who are separated, divorced, unmarried or otherwise already subject to a Support Order, may be compelled to con
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