ALBANY – A divorced father must contribute 71 percent of his son’s private school tuition despite an earlier agreement with his ex-wife that she would pay full tuition, a state judge has determined.
There is a “sound and substantial basis” for requiring the father to pay the lion’s share of the tuition under Family Court Act §413(1)(c)(7), which requires a non-custodial parent to pay education expenses if “private, special or enriched” schooling would be in the best interests of the child as determined by the court, Family Court Judge W. Dennis Duggan in Albany County (See Profile) decided.
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