<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by johnzbronz:
My daughter lives in lancaster, SC with her mom and "stepdad" she has missed a lot of school, i have talked with school counselor and he says he will be dropped from school. if this happens. am i still responsible for her child support....i know she has a job. and her mom has allienated her from me...my son too...my daughter is 17....18 in april of next yr....what are my options.....thanks......God bless<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
My response:
Despite the fact that your daughter may wind up dropping out of high school (very sad), you still have a legal obligation to support her (even though she has a job) until the age of 18. This is true, also, unless you can prove to the court that your daughter is currently "self supporting". I have listed, below, the controlling law in response to your question, as follows:
South Carolina Statute
20-7-420
. . .
"(17) To make all orders for support run until further order of the court, except that orders for child support run until the child is eighteen years of age or until the child is married or becomes self-supporting, as determined by the court, whichever occurs first or to provide for child support past the age of eighteen years if the child is in high school and is making satisfactory progress toward completion of high school, not to exceed the nineteenth birthday unless exceptional circumstances are found to exist or unless there is a preexisting agreement or order to provide for child support past the age of eighteen years; and in the discretion of the court, to provide for child support past age eighteen where there are physical or mental disabilities of the child or other exceptional circumstances that warrant the continuation of child support beyond age eighteen for as long as the physical or mental disabilities or exceptional circumstances continue."
Good luck.
IAAL
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