David P. Allen v. Kimberly W. Allen

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 13A01-1411-DR-00476

DAVID, Justice.

This case presents the question of whether a trial court may order that divorced parents be obligated ■ to pay the graduate or professional school expenses of their adult children ■ pursuant to the Indiana child support statutes. While the statutory provision at issue provides for payment of “postsecondary” educational expenses, the terns postsecondary is undefined. Today we hold--that, the-.term “postsecondary,” as used in the provision permitting an award, .for postsecondary educational…