In a word. No. Parental obligation stops when the child becomes an adult.
That is not true. Heck parents now have to carry their adults on medical until just turning 27. Plus some states require parents to pay for college.
In New Jersey, if you are paying child support and the kid turns 18, you have to file for “emancipation”. Which will cost you another $3000 for it to finally end.
Agree… at 18 she is an adult and is legally entitled to nothing from her parents. Good luck to her.
Parental obligation stops when the child becomes an adult.
I wouldn’t be so sure about that. Courts have found that men were liable to pay “palimony” to ex-girlfriends, after the relationship ended, because the woman was able to make the case that there was a “promise of support”. So, if the kid can convince the court that the parents made some promise like that, an idiot judge may find them liable.
Unless you have to buy them health insurance.
Is the child an adult?
In Louisiana, the child support obligation can continue until the child graduates high school or turns 19, whichever comes first.
This child turned 18 in October despite having 7 more months of school.
Looks like the New Jersey laws on emancipation are not automatic at 18, but are dependent on the child’s circumstances.
The parents are likely still responsible for the high school tuition bill.
Here is the ‘sugars daddy’ lawyer doing the FUNDING for the suing: http://iwt-law.com/john-p-inglesino
This is the attorney doing the suing. http://www.tanyahelfand.com
In New Jersey, for DIVORCED Non-Custodial parents, paying for College tuition is the RULE.
“If you are divorced and have children, then you will likely pay or receive child support until your children are legally “emancipated.” Emancipation is well-defined under New Jersey law: A child is presumed to be emancipated at age eighteen, but typically child support will not terminate in New Jersey until graduation from college. “
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