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CHILD SUPPORTChild Support Agreement • June 9th, 2011
CHILD SUPPORT: A divorce decree must provide for the support of minor children. The parties may not agree to waive the right to support, and an agreement so providing is not enforceable. Support normally continues through the age of majority or emancipation, whichever first occurs; however, children who are incapable of self-support due to a mental or physical handicap may be entitled to support so long as the divorce is filed prior to the attainment of the age of majority. Additionally, as of 1989, parents may be required to provide post-minority support for college education so long as the action seeking same is filed before the child attains the age of majority. This award is discretionary with the court, taking into consideration the financial resources of the parents and the child, the child's commitment to and aptitude for college education, the standard of living the child would have enjoyed absent the divorce, the child's relationship with the parents, and the child's responsiv
