My wife's child support ended for 2nd child. CourtOrder reads "..continuing until the child reaches age 18 years, or reaches 19 years and is not a full time high school student residing with a parent, or further Order of the court". The child is 18 now, graduated from high school and lives with us (wife being custodial parent). I believe ex-husband still has to pay child support until he turns 19 yeays old. He stopped paying in June. Does he still have to pay?
2007-07-01 03:18:58 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
If you quoted the order correctly, "..continuing until the child reaches age 18 years, or reaches 19 years and is not a full time high school student residing with a parent, or further Order of the court," based upon your statement that the child is now 18 and no longer a high school student, his obligation has ended.
Because there is the possibility of "further Order of the court," she may be able to request additional time on the support, if the child is attending college, or still in high school past the age of 19. In 38 states, once the initial order is complete and the child has fulfilled the term of 18 and out of high school, child support obligation will have ended.
Lastly, in most states, the DHHR/DHS/CSEA will inform the obligated parent before they may end paying. At that time, garnishments and other payments made to the state will stop, and payments made to them will be automatically returned.
2007-07-03 13:55:14 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to check the court order again. Usually it reads " child reaches 18 or 19 and IS a full time student". Could possibly be a typo error. I would guess if the child is out of school and is 18 that the child support stops.
2007-07-03 08:25:33 · answer #2 · answered by girlajeepin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends where your located....
"or further order of the court" means the issue can be brought before a judge again if pursued... Personally I think you should just let it be.... the child is an adult and can support themselves if necessary... Bringing it back to court will cause more trouble and headache than its worth...unless of course your wife is a vex (vengeful ex) and personally I think that YOU should stay out of it....
Being 18, or 19 or whatever doesn't matter anymore... My husband's ex wife took him back to court recently when their child support order "was up" and won extended support... The daughter is 21 a college grad now in university...lives at home and has a part time job!!!! And they also earn more money than us... but we still have been ordered to pay for another year... it really can go on and on and on if your wife wants it too... but why? Just let it go...
2007-07-01 04:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by busymum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is more common the other way around, where a woman acquires a sample of a man's semen, without his knowledge, say from a used condom and successfully impregnates herself. It is a bit of an urban myth, but it has been tested in court a few times, with mixed results. Remember, however skilled he is though, the odds of him successfully acquiring an egg, transplanting it and fertilising it without medical intervention and assistance is pretty well zero anyway. If he stole her egg and then used for his own purposes, in this case a surrogate birth, then he is guilty of a wide range of offences, the least of which should get him struck from any medical register if he were a professional gynaecologist. He certainly should have no rights to sue the woman whose egg was stolen for child support! S case in a similar vein happened in the UK several months ago where a lesbian couple used a sperm donor to have a child, and the couple later split, and the sperm donor was successfully sued for child support. This is one reason why I am against people conceived through IVF being allowed to know who the sperm donor was, as is now the case in many places, and people who use donated sperm or eggs are more and more allowed to know who donated the gametes. It is also the reason why I would never donate sperm: the laws may well be changed to make me responsible for any children that result.
2016-05-20 01:32:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. the child is 18 and out of high school, that is the end of child support. if the child was over 18 and still in high school then it would continue until the 19 th birthday or graduation whichever is first
2007-07-01 04:08:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to your description I think he is required to pay, but I would double check. I've had to deal with some cases of child support and usually it is 18 or 19 if the child IS a full time HS student.
2007-07-01 03:28:49 · answer #6 · answered by uncgsprstar 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Once he finished high school the child support obligation was over. He only pays until age 19 if the child is still attending high school.
So no, he doesn't have to pay any longer.
2007-07-01 04:35:23 · answer #7 · answered by az_mommma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ex is correct. CS stoped at the age of 18 (when the child graduated from school) as a matter of law.
FOR uncgsprstar:
The poster has already stated the child graduated from high school. According to the plain language of the order, CS ended upon that graduation.
2007-07-01 03:27:36 · answer #8 · answered by hexeliebe 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If child is 18 I think no
2013-12-19 23:16:41 · answer #9 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give it up!!!!!!! child is 18 and out of high school child support will be terminated..
2007-07-01 06:49:28 · answer #10 · answered by boricua_2290 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋