Child Support

We live in Indiana. My husbands ex has taken his daughter out of school so many times that she never even completed the 7th grade.(she tells the schools that she is being homeschooled) but the ex is has had herself proven leagely mental retarted as to get SSI. Now the SD is turning 17 in August and has been out of school for the last 5 months.We have begged her to at least get an education...But if she isn't going to school and is getting a job(waiting tables) and is staying in another town to be able to work. Are we still obligated to pay CS.. Please help us any information will be helpful. We have even given her a car which she can't drive(Can't even get a permit if not in school) We found all of this out by snooping, because she was told not to let her Dad find out she let her quit school. My husband is going crazy over this. Our children are not even allowed to speak of quiting school or not going to college. At least a trade school.

I know a little bit about what you are going through. My husbands ex is a walking nightmare and she, too, took his/their daughter out of school to be homeschooled by her aunt. The ex did this without my husbands consent. Well, she finally went back to a public school about 3-4 years ago and was held back a year because the "homeschooling" didn't go well. My step-daughter is 14. We live in Indiana too. Coincidence! Anyway, my husband hasn't seen his daughter in 2 1/2 years and we just started receiving school and medical records. Her grades are terrible. She's getting 4 d-'s and she's been late to school 16 times so far this year.

I read somewhere that the non-custodial parent must also give consent to have the child homeschooled or support would still be collected but set up in an escrow account until the mother or CP re-enrolled the child in a regular school. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A LAW OR JUST A BILL TRYING TO GET PASSED! I would call an attorney specializing in family law and see what you could do. I'm under the impression (but I could be wrong) that regardless of whether your SD has a diploma or not, CS will stop when she turns 19 if she is not going to college. Let's face it, neither yours or mine has a snowballs chance in hell of getting into college! But, if your SD isn't living at home and is working to support herself, I would think that's called emancipation. And that means no more support! CALL THAT LAWYER. Make sure they are very familiar with family law. I will be very interested in knowing what you find out. Please let me know. If you would like to talk, let me know and I will give you my e-mail address. Good Luck!