Can I sue my father for pain and suffering, and/or half the costs of my college tuition?

My military father and my civilian mother divorced when I was the age of 12. He abandoned my two sisters and I, when he was immediately re-married with child. The divorce contract, advised he would pay half the college tuition, however he has not. However he has put his wife through college. I am drowning in debt, and have been forced to work since 15 with a work permit. He also did not make all child support payments, or make an effort to stay in his childrens lives.