The court can overturn a separation agreement if it was signed due to fraud, coercion, ignorance or lack of mental capacity. In most cases, however, this is difficult to prove. Although a North Carolina judge cannot order you to pay child support for your child in college, you may make provision for college expenses in a separation agreement and it will become a binding, enforceable contract which the court can require each of you to perform. Some ending point should be set. The usual ones are room and board, books, tuition and fees.
Some parents also agree on a monthly allowance for spending money for the child.
Few parents want to agree to finance a college education for a child at any college or university. The cost of some private colleges and universities would bankrupt the average parent. Such a provision is fair to everyone and does not force either parent to go broke paying for college. A. Alimony is spousal support - it is money paid by one spouse to the other to help with support, maintenance and living expenses. It is not the same thing as child support.