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<blockquote> <p>They do not take into consideration side agreements, court orders that stiplulate that the non-custodial parents only have to pay X amount of dollars or your parents refusal to pay.>></p> </blockquote>
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<p>This is absolutely true. And it is the number one reason why folks who are divorcing should have better language than a specific dollar amount. For example...I know a family with three youngsters. The divorce decree says the mother will be responsible for the WHOLE cost of college for the oldest child and the father (who earns the BIG BUCKS) will solely pay for the other two. The colleges didn't care at all about that. Both parents had to send their tax returns, and complete the Profile (child applied to Profile schools, which IMHO was a huge mistake for financial aid purposes). Now the family is back in court to try to reconcile their differences about this. I guess I do not understand why divorce lawyers wouldn't be more knowledgable about this...</p>