In each of the following situations, you are given a fact situation plus a rule in the form of a statute. Phrase the legal issue involved in each situation.

a. Facts: Len is divorced from Mary, who is now deceased. His twenty-year-old son, Sam, has just graduated from Benton College. Len paid all of Sam’s expenses at Benton. Sam has been accepted by the Benton College of Law to study to become an attorney. Len can afford to pay Sam’s law school expenses but refuses to do so. Sam says that his father is obligated to pay these expenses.

Statute: § 49(g). Child support shall include payment of college expenses if the child has the ability to attend and the parent has the ability to pay.

b. Facts: Jane and her two children by a former marriage receive public assistance.

Jane’s friend Jack, who is a traveling salesman, stays at Jane’s apartment during his monthly business trips. This allows him to stay in town five to ten days at a time. He does not give Jane any money while he is with her.

Statute: § 11351. Whenever an unrelated adult male resides with a family applying for or receiving public assistance, he shall be required to make a financial contribution to the family which shall not be less than it would cost him to provide himself with an independent living arrangement.