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My ex-spouse is telling me that Ohio has a state law which will fore me to pay college tuition for our oldest son who is 18 and just graduated from high school. My ex-spouse makes twice the salary I make and I am still providing health insurance for our two sons through college. My ex-spouse has threatened to take me back to court to have the college situation and tuition reviewed. Can he do this for the 18 year old? What about for our 16 year old son? Can he have something amended in our court order for college tuition? The only stipulation currently included in our court order is that my ex-spouse (the boys' father) will retain the 529 plans for the boys and he is to contribution $100 per pay per into each boys' account. Be sides college tuition, can my ex-spouse take me back to court if my 16 son choose to say more at his father's house more often than my house if the court order says we have shared parenting 7/7?
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In Ohio there is no state law that requires parents to pay the college tuition of children. The only exception to this is if there is a specific agreement among the parties which has been adopted by the court. From what you have wrote it appears that the only agreement was that your ex-spouse was required to retain and contribute to the 529 plan. I would recommend taking your decree and parenting plan to a local family law attorney and having them review it to ensure what your obligations are.
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Answered on Jun 02nd, 2015 at 12:39 PM
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