Bayliss v. Bayliss

INGRAM, Judge.

The parties in this case were divorced in 1981. In January 1988, the wife filed a petition to modify, seeking increased alimony and increased child support for the parties’ son, Patrick, then age 18. In March, upon Patrick’s attaining the age of 19, the mother amended her petition to request that the husband be required to pay for Patrick’s college education. After a hearing, the trial court denied the wife any increase in alimony and ruled that the husband was not, as a matter of law, required to pay Patrick’s college expenses. The wife then perfected her appeal to this court.

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