18 year child

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Washington

When a child turns 18, but is still enrolled in high school, but NOT actually attending classes, is the absent parent still responsible for paying the child support, and for how long?

jeanniek said:

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Washington

When a child turns 18, but is still enrolled in high school, but NOT actually attending classes, is the absent parent still responsible for paying the child support, and for how long?

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Who are you in this situation?

Antigone* said:

Who are you in this situation?

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And what does the court order say (word for word, but without the names)?

jeanniek said:

When a child turns 18, but is still enrolled in high school, but NOT actually attending classes....?

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Which would make you a truant. Drop-out in your future?

jeanniek said:

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Washington

When a child turns 18, but is still enrolled in high school, but NOT actually attending classes, is the absent parent still responsible for paying the child support, and for how long?

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Maybe...the absent parent would have some responsibility for ensuring that the child was taking education seriously.

LdiJ said:

Maybe...the absent parent would have some responsibility for ensuring that the child was taking education seriously.

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An absent parent with no contact with the child and/or no legal custody would not be held responsible for the child not taking education seriously.

Not that it's important; what's important is the court order. Then again, given OP's very short initial post, my first response would be "The absent parent is responsible until WA tells him/her that s/he's no longer responsible".

In other words, the parent would have to actually petition the court to have the order modified, but this generally wouldn't happen until the child had actually finished out the school year and still not graduated.

Proserpina said:

An absent parent with no contact with the child and/or no legal custody would not be held responsible for the child not taking education seriously.

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That's why I said "maybe".

Not that it's important; what's important is the court order. Then again, given OP's very short initial post, my first response would be "The absent parent is responsible until WA tells him/her that s/he's no longer responsible".

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Again, why I said "maybe"

In other words, the parent would have to actually petition the court to have the order modified, but this generally wouldn't happen until the child had actually finished out the school year and still not graduated.

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Again, why I said "maybe".