My daughter signed nothing. The statements went to his office.
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Yes, he planned (or said so, anyway) to pay for her college costs. We did pay for some of them directly while still married. The child support order covers only our younger children, now ages 9 to 14. Our older daughter had already started college, in her second year, at the time of the divorce. There is nothing in our divorce decree requiring him to pay for any of the children's college expenses.
However, he let us think that he was paying her costs, while apparently financing her college with these loans. She found out about all of this a short time ago when a collection agency tracked her down through the school. As far as I know no payments have been made to either the original bank or the collection agency.
I have not approached my ex-husband about them, and he is estranged from the children. He has become quite unstable; serious mental health problems as well as addictions which started when his business failed.
If faced with prosecution I cannot imagine what he would do.
Our divorce was a horror show. I dread another protracted courtroom battle, as do my older children. We can't afford attorneys to dig into this mess.

