do you have to pray child support for an 18 year old.?

Question

Isn't an 18 year old considered an adult. Do you know florida law

Answer 1

Bottom Line, read your divorce decree. If it doesn't specifically instruct payment in circumstances beyond 18, I would think that you would be legally off the hook when the child turns 18. You can call the family court in your area and ask for specific laws regarding support if your decree is vague and you can't determine.

If I were to ask the court, I would ask if I could send funds directly to my child instead of through my ex-spouse if it were determined that I still had to pay support. Since the "child" is legally an adult unless it is handicapped to the point that it needs a custodial guardian or fiduciary guardian past the 18th birthday, that should be acceptable to the court.

The legal issue is one thing and the moral issue is another. I have a 21 year-old daughter that is in college and I still help her out as much as I can. I think we all want to give our children their best shot in life and I would rather help her through her Bachelor's degree than have her end up as another college drop out working for just above minimum wage.

Answer 2

Read your court order! In the state of FL child support generally ends when the child turns 18, but can continue past that (until 19, I think) if the child is still in high school and living at home. As far as support during college--I don’t believe in FL that a judge can order a parent to pay support during college, but if the parents voluntarily agreed to it and had it placed in the child support agreement, then the court will enforce it. Again—you need to read your court order.

Also, even after child support terminates, if any back support is due that still has to be paid.

Answer 3

In Florida, as well as many other states, child support does not end until the minor is 18 years of age. Instead mew law, has extended child support into the child's college years.
You are a parent thorugh the child's college years. The law believes that a parent should be held accountable for that time as well.

Answer 4

Child support in Florida is owed for a child under 18, or under 19 if still in high school.

Only a handfull of States obligates parents past the end of high school, and Florida isn't one of them.

Richard

Answer 5

Usually after the child turns 18 you don't have to pay child support but sometimes the court will mandate that you suppport them a year or two afterwards to help them get on there feet check out the agreement you got from the court it should tell you when the payment stop. More than likely though you won't have to pay once they turn 18

Answer 6

I don't know florida law, but you can pray for it but you don't have to pay once the child turns 18 in most states.

Answer 7

Maybe. I can't speak for Florida law in particular, but Courts can order parents to continue supporting mentally disabled 18-year-olds. Also, divorce decrees can deviate from the default rules and require support payments beyond the age of 18.

I assume you meant "pay."

Answer 8

You need to read the divorce decree to see if that was covered in the agreement. Most lawyers set up child support to be paid as long as the child is a student meaning as old as 21 years of age, or ends when the child reaches the ages of 18 if not in school. If the child is disabled, then the lawyer usually has a stipulation that requires equal support from both parties for as long as that child is alive.

Answer 9

I don't know about individual laws in each state, but as far as I'm concerned, I always believed that every state was the same regarding child support, and as soon as the child (or children) in question are 18 yrs of age, you stop paying child support, unless they're still in school... (or high school?). That is what I have heard, but I was in TX when I heard this information, so who knows about other state laws for child support.

Answer 10

Im not sure of Florida law, but you may have to still pay support if the "child" is still in school, (college, or highschool)., This also may be defined in your divorce agreement, or legal separation agreement.