Oral agreement between father and mother, under which father agreed to pay for children’s private school expenses in exchange for being relieved of his child support obligations, was unenforceable, and thus trial court could order father to pay $225,000 in past due child support, even though father submitted evidence that he had contributed nearly $480,000 to his children’s private school expenses, since marriage dissolution judgment between father and mother required any modification of child support to be in writing and executed with the same formality as judgment; father’s voluntary acceptance of a subsequent obligation to pay private school tuition did not lessen his court‑ordered child support obligation.
Laura Morgan is a Family Law Consultant. Laura is available for consultation, brief writing and research on family law issues throughout the country. She can be reached through her www.famlawconsult.com
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