Donegan v. Donegan

DICKSON, Justice.

This case asks whether our decision in Martin v. Martin (1986), Ind., 495 N.E.2d 523, applies to preclude a child support modification ordering payment of college expenses when the petition is filed before the child's emancipation, but the hearing and resulting ruling occur thereafter. We grant transfer to provide clarification. John and Katherine Donegan were divorced in 1971, and John was ordered to pay child support for the parties' five children. On March 10, 1988, John filed a petition for a support modification order declaring that his daughter Jennifer, although not…