Straub v. Straub

In Straub v. Straub (1963) 213 Cal.App.2d 792, when the original order was made the child in question was eight years old. At the time of the motion for modification of child support the child was 19 years old and a student at Stanford University. The father contended that "the child should attend a publicly supported school because in attending a private university he had fixed the mode of living to which the father must now conform." ( Id. at p. 798.) In rejecting this argument the Straub court, quoting Bailey v. Superior Court (1932) 215 Cal. 548, 555, stated that "the father's duty of support for his children does not end with the furnishing of mere necessities if he is able to afford more.'" The court ordered the father to pay the tuition of the private school "considering the right of a child to be supported in a style consonant with the position in society of its parents." ( Straub, supra, at p. 798.)