Question: How do child support laws work when a child is in college? My daughter just finished up her first year at college. She e-mailed me with what she says are her grades for the second semester, but she has not given me verified documentation from the institution. She has …
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Question: My question is about child support laws and the emancipation of a minor. My son is going into the Military Reserves, and I would like to know if I have to continue paying child support or if his enrollment emancipates him?
CONTINUE READINGQuestion: What are the child support laws when supporting a disabled child? My husband is paying a high amount of child support for his disabled child even after the child has reached the age of emancipation and is receiving SSI disability benefits. Is a child support modification in order or …
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By Andrea Johnson Attorney, Cordell & Cordell Child support is typically paid until the child reaches the age of majority, which is usually 18 or 21 years old depending on the state. (Learn your state’s child support laws.) However, the courts can in their discretion order support to be paid …
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Question: How do I begin the process of terminating child support? My child has graduated high school and is now attending community college. Do I have to hire an attorney to stop child support payments or can I go through the child support enforcement agency?
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Question: My child support obligations will terminate this summer when my child graduates high school and is considered emancipated. Now that my child support payments are about to end, my ex-wife is filing a motion for maintenance. The maintenance issue was left open-ended in our divorce decree, but can she …
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Question: My minor daughter has a child and is collecting welfare. Should I still be paying child support if she is collecting welfare? Is this a ground for emancipation?
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Question: I have been ordered to pay temporary child support and alimony payments during the pendency of my divorce. However, one child is 18 years old and I am unemployed living in a friend’s apartment while my wife lives for free in her boyfriend’s house and has a full-time job. …
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By Andrea Johnson Attorney, Cordell & Cordell A very common question in custody cases is, when can my child decide which parent he/she wants to live with? According to some state’s divorce laws, your child will never have the exclusive ability to make that determination until he/she has reached the …
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Question: I am paying child support for my 19-year-old daughter in a state where the age of emancipation is 21. I believe my daughter is independent enough that I should not be required to continue to pay child support for her. She has been living with her boyfriend for the …
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