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A wife who had “limited financial circumstances” was not required to contribute to college expenses for the parties’ child.
The parties, who had two children, divorced in 2003. The husband worked three jobs and requested that the court order the wife to contribute to college expenses for the youngest child. The husband earned $1,347 net per week. He owned a home that lacked equity and had $33,000 in an individualized retirement account.
The wife, who filed for bankruptcy in 2010, worked two jobs and earned $697 net per week. The wife placed $25,000 in a savings account and did not own a home or a motor vehicle. The wife maintained that she informed the children that they should apply to Connecticut colleges and apply for loans, because she would not be able to help them with college expenses.
After he borrowed $61,000 from his life insurance policy and $95,000 from his father to pay for college expenses, the husband requested that the wife help pay for the youngest child’s college expenses. Tuition for the youngest child, a sophomore at High Point University in North Carolina, cost $26,000 per year. She applied to transfer to the University of Connecticut. The court denied the husband’s request, based on the wife’s “limited financial circumstances.” The wife, wrote the court, worked two jobs and “owns no real estate, no vehicle and no retirement assets.” The court denied the husband’s motion for post-judgment modification.
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Source: Burke v. Burke, No. HHDFA010726776S, 2016 Conn. Super. LEXIS 442 (Super. Ct. Feb. 29, 2016).
