Milne v. Milne

The basic issue1 in this appeal, which arises from the underlying action for support instituted by appellee, Caleb Milne, against his mother and father, is the effect of estrangement upon the qualified duty of a parent to assist to provide a college education for his or her child. I am compelled to this expression because I share the view of the eminent Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge William T. Nicholas that estrangement should not be a bar to an action for such support.

Karen and David Milne were married on April 16, 1962, and separated twenty-two years later in December of 1984.…