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    "judges": [
      "Cooper, J., concurs."
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      "Betty Lou Dale CURRENCE (WALDEN) v. Elwood Earl CURRENCE"
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        "text": "Donald L. Corbin, Judge.\nAppellant, Betty Lou Dale Currence Walden, filed a motion asking that appellee, Elwood Earl Currence, be cited for contempt for failure to abide by a clause in their property settlement agreement. The clause provided that appellee \u201cagrees to be responsible for the college expenses of the child so long as the child maintains a reasonable academic level of achievement. \u201d The trial court ruled that appellee was not required to pay the college expenses beyond four years. We reverse.\nThe parties\u2019 son, Jerry, enrolled in the architectural program at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, seeking a Baccalaureate Degree of Architecture. He began the program in 1977 and has maintained a B average. Appellee testified that he knew that Jerry was going to enter the architectural degree program at the time he executed the property settlement agreement but didn\u2019t check to find out that it lasted longer than four years. Appellee was not willing to pay college expenses beyond four years.\nThe appellee did not limit his obligations to his son by contracting for a four-year college education. Here, appellee knew his son was entering an architectural program. It customarily takes five to six years to finish the baccalaureate degree requirement in architecture. Baccalaureate degree requirements are not measured in years but by semester hours.\nOn the facts, we construe the provision as requiring the appellee to pay the college expenses of his child until the child has successfully completed his required course of study to obtain a baccalaureate degree in his chosen field of study. The son must be diligent in his pursuit of the Baccalaureate Degree in Architecture and maintain a reasonable academic level of achievement. See Armstrong v. Armstrong, 248 Ark. 835, 454 S.W.2d 660 (1970), Murphy v. Morris, 200 Ark. 932, 141 S.W.2d 518 (1940).\nWe reverse and remand with directions to the trial court to enter an order in keeping with this opinion.\nReversed and remanded.\nCooper, J., concurs.",
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        "author": "Donald L. Corbin, Judge."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Ronald J. Bruno & Associates, for appellant.",
      "Hale, Lee \u00bfr Green, by: Milas H. Hale, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Betty Lou Dale CURRENCE (WALDEN) v. Elwood Earl CURRENCE\nCA 82-80\n641 S.W.2d 40\nCourt of Appeals of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered November 3, 1982\nRonald J. Bruno & Associates, for appellant.\nHale, Lee \u00bfr Green, by: Milas H. Hale, for appellee."
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