Divorced dads challenge tuition law: Pa. statute allows court to order former spouses to pay college expenses.

Several legislative and judicial assaults may make it harder for children of divorced parents to get parental funding for college tuition. The PA Supreme Court recently heard two consolidated cases brought by fathers disputing a state law requiring them to pay, though appellate courts in IL, IN, IA, NH, and WA have upheld similar laws. Foes say the laws violate Fourteenth Amendment guarantees to equal protection. Even voluntary agreements to pay, signed at the time of the divorce, are proving often unenforceable.