Private school cancels $27,000 tuition bill for child who never enrolled - The Washington Post

Some schools have pursued high-stakes legal battles in search of lost tuition dollars, with cases at times leading to garnished wages and life-altering debt. Many are fairly straightforward cases of a family not paying after their child attended classes. 

But others are against parents who withdrew their children or never sent them for reasons that include bullying and out-of-state moves. 

In some cases, court records show, schools have gone after families who were granted financial assistance for attendance. In others, they have targeted parents who had not joined their ex-spouses in signing an enrollment contract...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/03/private-schools-lawsuits-families/