Sovey v. Sovey

Elizabeth Sovey filed a petition for a show cause order seeking to compel the respondent, Glenn Sovey, to comply with a provision of a divorce decree for the payment of college expenses for their son. The respondent answered the petition by claiming that he had paid all college expenses. He also filed a counterpetition requesting that the court declare his obligations terminated. After a combined hearing on both petitions the trial court ordered respondent to pay $1,600 to St. Ambrose College for his son’s tuition for the academic year commencing 1974 and also to repay a $1,000 loan the…