June 30, 2010
A woman in Connecticut sued her father for failing to pay her tuition for her senior year of college. She won.
Her dad had to pay $47,000, according to the Connecticut Law Tribune.
In a 2004 divorce, the father agreed to pay for the education of his three children. The daughter persuaded to him to sign a contract agreeing to pay for tuition as well as expenses such as books and car insurance.
The father paid for the first few years of the daughter's education at Southern Connecticut State University. But he refused to pay for her senior year, according to the article.
So the daughter took out a loan for $20,000 to pay for school, and sued her father for breach of contract.
The case went to trial. The father argued that the daughter failed
