Court Opinion

ID: 9566692
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 19:42:02.226002+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:38:59.841381
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SNELL, Judge
(specially concurring).
I concur specially. The limit of the support obligation found by the majority to be one-half the cost of attending a non-private state-supported school is appropriate in this case. However, there is nothing in law or reason to establish this standard as an automatic cap on a parent’s obligation for educational support of a child. If a child is qualified and a parent is financially able to provide a post-secondary education at a private college selected by the child, it is reasonable to require the parent to do so. See Commonwealth v. Larsen, 211 Pa.Super. 30, 32, 234 A.2d 18, 20 (1967).