Pharoah v. Lapes

CIRILLO, President Judge,

dissenting:

Because I feel that under the circumstances of this case George A. Lapes (“father”) should not be forced to finance his son Anthony’s education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”), I must respectfully dissent.

As the majority notes, Anthony was in the enviable position of having to decide between attending MIT or Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech”). Confronted with this decision, Anthony consulted a number of people, including his father. During this brief consultation, Anthony informed his father that he was considering…