Does Child support automatically stop at 18 or does he have to go in and get it stopped?
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Only 3 more months until one boy turns 18. He is working now and getting an income as well. Does support stop automatically or does he have to go into court and file for some kind of modification?
State is PA thank you kindly!
Depends on the state and the
Depends on the state and the DD.
Depends on the Final Order of
Depends on the Final Order of the Divorce/ Seperation as noted above---not sure what the laws are in the US but in Canada if your SS is planning on going to College/University CS is implemented until they graduate...usually until 21...It sucks I know...the shitty part is, if skid decides to go back to school at 21...pretty sure your husband is still responsible for CS, on top of college/university tuition proportionate to his income....a fair world isn't it lol? Not!
I'm not sure about that. In
I'm not sure about that. In our state, support continued until 18 or when child graduates high school. A month or so before his 18th bday, we received a letter stating that BM had requested the CS be continued until he graduated. I'm sure she thought we'd be mad but we were prepared. When graduation came and went, his CS ended automatically.
Other states, I have been told that they have to file something to request CS to stop.
In my state DH had to file to
In my state DH had to file to stop CS. Not sure about PA, his best bet is to call the Child Support Office if there is one, or see if he can get a free legal consult to ask that specifically.
In PA you need to file to
In PA you need to file to have it stopped.
If it's required that you
If it's required that you file paperwork, you're better off doing it sooner than later because the system can take forever when it comes to stopping it and you most likely will not get refunded any overpayments. And I wouldn't take the Child Support Office's word for it if they indeed say it stops automatically; because most of the CS workers are disgruntled BM's who receive child support themselves and are of no help to BD's.
In New York you have to
In New York you have to file--even after the "child" turns 21, and then the BM can have CS continue past that under certain extenuating conditions (in NYS everything is an extenuating condition)