Pass v. Pass

The principal question presented on this appeal is whether the court has the legal right to compel a father to provide funds for a college education for his minor child whose custody has been awarded to the mother by court decree. The question has not heretofore been passed upon by this Court, and the authorities generally are not in harmony.

The parties to this action were formerly husband and wife. They had two children, one a son and the other a daughter, Nancy Karleen Pass. By decree of the Chancery Court of the Second Judicial District of Yalobusha County rendered on May 12, 1958, the…