Mims v. Mims

Thompson, Chief Justice.

Gary Don Mims (husband) and Lynn Bassford Mims (wife) married in 1986 and were divorced in 2008. At the time of their divorce, two of the couple’s four children were minors. The final divorce decree incorporated a settlement agreement entered into by the parties in which husband agreed to pay the costs of a college education for all of the children. In a paragraph entitled “College Tuition” the agreement provided:

For so long as the child (child refers to all children of the parties) maintains passing grades and attends school full time, the Husband agrees to pay the…