My daughter is 18.5 and is having baby do I still have to pay child support?

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Barbara A. Fontaine · Answer

If she is finishing high school, you probably have to help support her until she graduates. Is she living with her mother? If she is living with a boyfriend,  let him support them. Try to get her to finish school.

George Seide · Answer

If you mean does the baby extend the requirement to pay support until 18 and, if not graduated from high school the the earliest of graduation or 19, the answer is no, it does not extend your child support obligation.

Melvin Franke · Answer

YES, UNTIL YOU GET HER DECLARED IMMANCIPATED.

Cathy Cook · Answer

In Ohio, you have to pay child support until a child is 18 or graduated from high school, whichever occurs last.  If your child is no longer going to high school on a full time basis, you do not have to continue support.

Charles Gaebe · Answer

The rule in California is your child support obligation ends when the child turns 18 and graduates high school OR turns 19 regardless of diploma.

Rebecca Rainwater · Answer

The duty of support imposed by Family Law Code Section 3900 continues as  to an unmarried child who has attained the age of 18 years, is a  full-time high school student, and who is not self-supporting, until  the time the child completes the 12th grade or attains the age of 19  years, whichever occurs first.

Erin Farley · Answer

You are legally obligated to pay child support until she graduates high school, or turns 19, whichever is sooner. the only other terminating factors are when the child:     - Marries or registers a domestic partnership,    - Joins the military,    - Is emancipated,  or    - Dies.

Tres Porter · Answer

It depends on the terms of the Order.  Most orders in California state that you are to pay until age 18, or until age 19 if the child is still a full time high school student.

Melissa Kay-Peterson Roudabush · Answer

In California,  you must pay child support for an unemancipated child until the child is 18 and has graduated from high school or 19 whichever first occurs.

Frances Headley · Answer

Unless she is still in high school the answer is no.  You should consult a family law attorney to review all the applicable orders and facts to fully advise you.

Mark Brown · Answer

Review your order of child support. That order will specify when your support obligation terminates.  (Normally, it terminates when the child reaches age 18, or graduates from high school, whichever is the last event to occur.)

Monica H. Donaldson Stewart · Answer

If she is still enrolled and attending high school, then she is not emancipated until she graduates, stops attending school or turns 19, whichever comes first. If she has already graduated high school or is not presently attending school, then she is considered emancipated and your child support obligation should be terminated. The fact that she is having a baby is not relevant.

Leonard A. Kaanta · Answer

In Michigan, child support ends when the child turns 18, unless she is enrolled in high school and will graduate.

Ryan Maesen · Answer

No, unless she lives at home and is still in high school.

Robert De Groot · Answer

You need to read the agreement or the final judgment to see when child support is supposed to be terminated.

Loren Zahn · Answer

If she is a full time high school student, then yes, until age 19 or she graduates (whichever comes first). If she has already graduated or has stopped going to high school full time, then your obligation terminates.

Kathleen M. Schmidt · Answer

Under NE law you must pay child support until the child is 19 unless the child dies, marries or further order of the Court.

Robert Merlin · Answer

Your child support should have terminated when she turned 18 unless there is an agreement or order that requires you to pay until she graduates from high school, if she is still in HS.

William Spern · Answer

In MI, you pay child support until a child turn 19 or graduates from high school, whichever happens first. There is no exclusion for becoming a grandparent before the legal limit occurs.

Dennis Leffert · Answer

Once your daughter turned 18, she became an adult.  Check your marital settlement agreement or court record to see if you agreed to pay child support after she turned 18.  If you did agree, you will have to follow that agreement or return to Court to have it cancelled.

James Lentz · Answer

In Ohio, maybe.Most support orders stipulate payment is required until age 18 OR until the child graduates high school, with a maximum age of termination at 19.  Get out your support papers and take them to a lawyer for assistance.

Willie Stephen Graves · Answer

It all depends on what your divorce decree says. Standard provisions in Texas say you have to pay to the later of age 18 or high school graduation, provided the child stays in school.

John Rivers · Answer

In Georgia, the Court can in the exercise of its sound discretion order that if a child becomes eighteen (18) years of age while enrolled in and attending secondary school on a full-time basis, then the aforesaid support shall continue until the child completes secondary school, provided that such support shall not be required after the child attains twenty (20) years of age. Otherwise, child support stops when a child reaches 18 years of age.

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