Re: Child Support Payment if Child Drops out of School

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Biodad must read the court's order that ordered him to pay
child support and comply with the order. Biodad can not
arbitrarily decide to stop paying child support whether she's
in high school or 16 years old or has a baby. He must continue
to pay child support until another court order is issued.

On 5/20/07, Angela wrote:
> My step-daughter dropped out of high school and obtained
> her GED (South Dakota). She is 16 years old. Do we have
> to continue to pay child support? She is still living at
> home. Her mother does not work and lives off of the
> system - so we are afraid that she is teaching my step-
> daughter these same values (my step-daughter just recently
> had a baby of her own).
>
> Any information would be helpful - thanks!