Comments on: When does child maintenance end?

By: Agathasims

Agathasims — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:34:45 +0000

I am the mother who lost her children, a girl & boy in a very unfair divorce. I had no money & left the state to find accommodation, left children with grandmother, divorce was filed on the grounds of abandonement. My son graduated from high school in florida on june 3rd, it is july 7th, when does child support stop?? My daughter is 13.

By: Divorce Law Solicitors

Divorce Law Solicitors — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:09:10 +0000

Many couples at the outset of proceedings fail to realise that if they choose to fight it out through the courts to the bitter end, their case can take up to two years to come to final trial, at which they will be cross-examined on oath in the witness box, the minutiae of their lives picked over and noted down by strangers. And they will have to pay for it – not only in terms of legal costs, but in terms of the order a Judge makes which may not be favourable to them; they will have no say in the final settlement at that stage, that will be for the Judge to decide.

By: Henna

Henna — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:12:38 +0000

well, this is how it works, parents are obligated to support a child till he or she is big enough to take care of themsevles as its parents who bring them into this world and leave them to suffer!

By: Divorce Attorney Scott Stadler

Divorce Attorney Scott Stadler — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:20:13 +0000

In the State of Florida, ordinarily the obligation to support a child ends when that child reaches eighteen, marries, or becomes financially independent. However, child support may continue beyond the child’s eighteenth birthday. If the child is still in high school after turning eighteen and has a reasonable likelihood of graduating, than child support continues until the child graduates, but child support does not continue beyond the child’s nineteenth birthday. In addition to basic child support, the parents have an obligation to pay for daycare expenses and medical expenses of the child.

By: laurence h

laurence h — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:16:08 +0000

It certainly may lead to some people trying to put their children off the idea of higher education. Especially whilst people are still struggling so much financially. This is very much a time will tell situation I feel.