Jones v. Jones

In Jones v. Jones (1986) 179 Cal. App. 3d 1011, the college-age daughter of a divorced couple sued her father for a contribution toward her college education on the ground that her mother (who totally supported her) could not afford to pay for her proposed college education and her father could make the contribution without undue financial burden. ( Id. at p. 1014.) The appellate court affirmed a judgment of dismissal after a demurrer was sustained without leave to amend because there was no basis on which to conclude that a parent had a "legal obligation to fund the college education of the adult child." (See id. at p. 1017, fn. 6.)