When does child maintenance end?
Sunday, March 9th, 2008When does child maintenance end?
The circumstances of the birth and life of a child determines when child maintenance ends after a divorce. A father does not, for example, have parental responsibility for a child that was born when the parents were not married. Unless he: registered the birth jointly with the mother after December, 2003, both parents had a formal parental responsibility agreement drawn up, a court granted the father legal parental responsibility, the father is appointed as guardian, or the parents marry.
Great article about child maintenance payment obligation. The upshot being that you’ll have to pay for as long as your children are in full time education (not including college or university)
Fair enough I think, although I imagine how some people might actually try and dissuade their children from staying on at school, just to save a bob or two. 
