Reply To: Why are Children from divorced homes treated as second class citizens?

That’s a reasonable explanation but it isn’t a legal explanation. The parent has no legal obligation to pay for an adult child’s college or wedding expenses. This is demonstrable by the fact that if the parents are married a court will not force them to pay those expenses, if the child sues the parent for giving him nothing for college or nothing for his wedding.

So, even granting your explanation of the dynamics in a divorce, that doesn’t explain why a parent suddenly upon divorce becomes legally obligated to an adult child that he isn’t legally obligated absent divorce.