Jones

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This appeal raises the following question of first impression: May a child who has reached the age of majority and who is not physically or mentally disabled bring an action against her father to compel him to pay for her college education? Because we find that neither the relevant California statutes nor case law precedent can now be read so as to impose such an obligation upon a parent, we affirm the trial court’s order sustaining without leave to amend the demurrer to the complaint.

Plaintiff reached the age of majority when she turned 18 years old on January 25, 1985. Very soon thereafter, she initiated the instant litigation against her father. Her second amended complaint states that following her parents’ divorce in 1980, she lived with each of them at different times. She graduated from high school in June 1985. She now seeks to obtain a journalism degree at Northern Arizona State University at an estimated total cost of $25,000 although she has failed to allege either that she has applied for admission there or that her application there has been accepted. She is presently employed part time. She offers to continue to work if and when she commences her…