<p>There is a difference between child support - paid pursuant to state law and enforceable by the state - and payments pursuant to a divorce agreement. I don’t know of any state that compels the payment of child support beyond the age of majority, unless the child has not yet graduated from high school. Payments for college, in contrast, can be ordered (in some states) as one of the terms of a divorce decree. I find it hard to imagine that there would be any way to get payments for college where, as here, it was not provided for in the divorce decree. An Illinois court can enforce an existing decree - but it can’t add something that wasn’t there to start with.</p>
<p>I’m clearly not familiar with the laws in all 50 states, so perhaps there’s something I’m missing . . .</p>