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A father, who had agreed to contribute to his child’s college education, was not responsible for contributing to the costs of the child’s post-graduate degree. In the recently decided case of Robinson v. Gerny (New York Law Journal) (subscription required), the Court ruled that “The word ‘college’ denotes attendance at an undergraduate program resulting in a bachelor’s degree.” The Court ruled that the fact that the child was seeking a graduate degree was not “contemplated as within the plain meaning of college.” This dispute could have easily been prevented by carefully drafting the parties’ settlement agreement. It is not uncommon... More