Re: Child Support Payment if Child Drops out of School

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Thanks! Our orders don't indicate when the support stops (if
it's 18, or finishes high school, etc.) - so do you think we
can bring this to the court attention?

On 5/20/07, sharwinston wrote:
> 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!