Legal Opinion

Elliott v. Bretherick

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided November 22, 1989No. Civ. 7046PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTSON, Judge.

This case involves court-ordered child support after the age of majority.

Earl Wayne Elliott (father) and Sharon Lee Bretherick (mother) were divorced on January 22, 1979. They have two children, Blaine, then age ten, and Angie, then age eight. In the divorce decree the trial court, among other things, awarded the custody of the children to the mother with visitation to the father, and provided that the father “pay 50% of the cost of the college education of each of the parties’ minor children at such time as such minor children enter college.”

In a subsequent order dated March…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte BaylissSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  2. Ex Parte BrewingtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
  3. Kruvant v. KruvantNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1968
  4. Martin v. MartinCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1986

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Layfield v. RobertsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1991
  2. Wojtala v. WojtalaCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2017
  3. Knepton v. KneptonCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2015

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