My 17-year-old son got legally emancipated. Can I terminate the child support?
Full Question:
I am divorced and I have been providing child support to my 17-year-old son. He recently got legally emancipated. Can I now terminate the child support under the Ohio State law?
12/23/2016 |
Category: Divorce ยป Child Support |
State: Ohio |
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Answer:
“Reasons for which a child support order should terminate include all of the following:
(A) The child's attainment of the age of majority if the child no longer attends an accredited high school on a full-time basis and the child support order requires support to continue past the age of majority only if the child continuously attends such a high school after attaining that age;
(B) The child ceasing to attend an accredited high school on a full-time basis after attaining the age of majority, if the child support order requires support to continue past the age of majority only if the child continuously attends such a high school after attaining that age;
(C) The child's death;
(D) The child's marriage;
(E) The child's emancipation;
(F) The child's enlistment in the armed services;
(G) The child's deportation;
(H) Change of legal custody of the child.”
The age of majority as per the state law is 18 and it is provided for under ORC Ann. 3109.01, which stated:
“All persons of the age of eighteen years or more, who are under no legal disability, are capable of contracting and are of full age for all purposes.”
