Commonwealth ex rel. Howell v. Howell

Stout, J.,

The question for answer is whether, in the circumstances of this case, it was an abuse of discretion to order a father to pay college tuition for an 18-year-old daughter from the proceeds of an insurance policy he maintained for that purpose. The question of her day-to-day support is not involved in this appeal.1

The father, a graduate of Temple University School of Pharmacy, is registered and practicing as a pharmacist in a business he has owned and operated over 20 years. The mother is a college graduate who *24majored in secretarial education at Hampton Institute in Virginia. They…