Opinion

Pharoah v. Lapes

  • 391 Pa. Super. 585
  • 571 A.2d 1070
  • 1990 Pa. Super. LEXIS 398
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Mar 1, 1990
Status
Published
Author
Johnson
On the bench
Cirillo, Beck, Johnson
Cited by
12 cases

The opinion

JOHNSON, Judge,

concurring:

I agree with my colleague, Judge Beck, that the Honorable Sheryl Ann Dorney has not committed any abuse of discretion in fashioning an equitable college support order. Because our scope of review is, quite properly, a narrow one, I am reluctant to join Judge Beck’s conclusion that the record before us establishes that attendance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) by Anthony Lapes will result in a “superior educational experience” than if he were to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).

As a reviewing court, we need not independently conclude that Anthony is “deserving” of what he believes to be “the best education possible” in order to affirm the trial court. Where we can confirm that the support award is within the financial means of the parent, which clearly is the case here, and where the trial judge has reasonably applied the principles regarding a parent’s obligation for support, our *596 role is complete once we have ruled out an abuse of discretion.

Judge Dorney has carefully applied the law to the facts in this case. I, therefore, agree that the order of August 5, 1988 must be affirmed.

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