My 18 yo son is set to begin university this fall and I have a question that can hopefully be answered. In our seperation agreement, the clause regarding contribution of each of us to his education ends with "...Subject to the children's ability to contribute towards the costs."
I feel very strongly that he should be contributing something towards his education and not allowing all the burden to fall on both his mother and I. I have the larger income and therefore the larger proportion of costs to bear as well. She has sole custody and has unilaterally decided that he will not contribute anything towards his university education other than his discretionary spending on things such as activities and social life.
My question revolves around the above statement in the seperation agreement. Does his mother have the right to say he is contributing nothing and thereby increasing what my contribution ends up being even though he is able to contribute towards the costs?
I feel very strongly that he should be contributing something towards his education and not allowing all the burden to fall on both his mother and I. I have the larger income and therefore the larger proportion of costs to bear as well. She has sole custody and has unilaterally decided that he will not contribute anything towards his university education other than his discretionary spending on things such as activities and social life.
My question revolves around the above statement in the seperation agreement. Does his mother have the right to say he is contributing nothing and thereby increasing what my contribution ends up being even though he is able to contribute towards the costs?
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