If your paying childsupport and the child quits school, do you still have to pay the support?

Question

Indiana - Do you know anything I should know?

Answer 1

Depends what the divorce decree says. My mom's said until my younger sister "marries, dies, or becomes self supporting."

Look at the decree.

Answer 2

Well, I don't live in Indiana, I live in Alabama...but the only way to stop paying child support in most states is if the child is "emancipated"...basically meaning, finacially independent and cut off from his/her parents. Most child support agreements are until the kid turns 18 or 19, depending on the state. In my state, it's 19, and I'm 18, my father emancipated me against mine AND my mother's will, regardless of the fact that I am still in school. He just got tired of paying. The STUPID thing is, though, that the reason I was able to be "emancipated" and my father was able to legally stop paying child support was because I have a full-time job...but the only reason I had to have a full-time job was because my sorry-*** dad wasn't paying child support in the first place!!!!

Sorry. Rant. Point being: in most states the kid has to have a full-time job and/or get married and/or have a kid of their own in order for a parent to emacipate them before that state's legal age. Hope I helped!

Answer 3

The court should require that a student maintain a certain minimum level of academic performance to remain eligible for parental assistance and should include such a provision in its order. The court should also consider requiring the student or the custodial parent provide the non-custodial parent with a copy of the child’s high school transcript and each semester or trimester post-secondary education grade report.

But either way, child support goes for more than the educational costs, if I remember correctly. You'll have to contact the courts to find out. It might reduce the amount you have to pay, if the child drops out.

Answer 4

In California child support is until the "child" is 18, or emancipates im/herself (get's married leaves the custodial home if not in college), if the "child" is in college support goes until the "child is 23" In New York the support continues until the "child" is 21 whether in school or not. I can't tell you about Indiana.

Answer 5

My husband did not have to continue paying support when his son dropped out. He was 17 or 18 at the time. Let the agency know that the child is doing this and they will verify it with the school.

Answer 6

As another said in answering, child support goes for more than just schooling and education. It covers clothes, food, and other living expenses. It is also a reflection of income. I should think that yes, you will continue to pay child support, but you should consult your attorney before assuming either way.

Answer 7

Well if the child is under 18 yes you still have to pay but over 18 you don't

Answer 8

USUALLY, child support has nothing to with school. It's food, place to live, clothes, medical & so on. The child dropping out of school is a "moral" not "legal" issue. But you should check the divorce decree, & laws of you state.

Answer 9

in missouri I would have hdad to until he was 18. They told me even if he moved in a pregnant girl friend until he was 18 I would pay.

Which I proudly say I paid support for both my boys and got a clean slate letter with the state saying I owed nothing in arrears and nothing current. I'm a very proud single mom!

Answer 10

quitting school does not stop the child from bweing the child, still needs support