Harmon v. Yarbrough’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 547 So. 2d 766 - Nichols v. Tedder · 579 So. 2d 543 - Caldwell v. Caldwell · 646 So. 2d 1264 - Morreale v. Morreale · 382 So. 2d 474 - Hambrick v. Prestwood · 638 So. 2d 1295 - Shipley v. Ferguson
Most-quoted passages
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“The duty of a father to send a child to college, under the circumstances of this case, is not absolute. It is dependent, not only on the child's aptitude and qualifications for college, but on whether the child's behavior toward, and relationship with the father, makes the child worthy of the additional effort and financial burden that will be placed on him. Sending children to college is expensive and can cause much sacrifice on the part of parents. It cannot ordinarily be demanded, but must be earned by children through respect for their parents, love, affection and appreciation of parental efforts, none of which are present in this instance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Since the duty is dependent upon several factors, including the child's suitability for college and his or her relationship with the supporting parent at the time of the expenditures, it would normally be improper to impose that obligation when the child is only three years old.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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