support after the age of 18

[johndsanders007]

When does child support end in the state of Missouri? Me and my child's mother has never been married. She lives in Missouri and I reside in Texas

 

[army judge]

When does child support end in the state of Missouri? Me and my child's mother has never been married. She lives in Missouri and I reside in Texas

The child support order normally speaks to how and when the order is terminated.
Child support in Texas, if its a Texas order, stops at age 18.
If the child is still attending high school in Texas and turns 18, the law allows support to continue until she graduates.

Missouri may also have such a provision.
Read your child support order.

In Missouri, if its a Missouri order, child support ends at age 18, too.
I suggest you read the order, or the state child support collection order sponsored by the agency.


Missouri information:


http://dss.mo.gov/cse/termination-child-support.htm




Texas information:



http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/FA/htm/FA.154.htm


https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/CS/INDEX.SHTML

 

[johndsanders007]

thank you so much!
but in order for me to get access to my case documents seems like I have to jump though hoops just to get it.
Is there a way to get the original order without all the complications?
The order originated in Pettis County (Missouri), but I'm in Texas.
Do I need a lawyer to get said documents?

 

[army judge]

thank you so much!
but in order for me to get access to my case documents seems like I have to jump though hoops just to get it.
Is there a way to get the original order without all the complications?
The order originated in Pettis County (Missouri), but I'm in Texas.
Do I need a lawyer to get said documents?

You should have received a copy of the order when it issued.
You might try contacting the lerk f out in the county in Missouri.
He or she will tell you how to get one.
In some cases you can pay and download it online.
Call the clerk and ask.

Here you go, somewhere on the pages linked is your life line:

http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=1615

http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=46542

 

[johndsanders007]

If when a child reaches age eighteen, the child is enrolled in and attending a secondary school program of instruction, the parental support obligation shall continue, if the child continues to attend and progresses toward completion of said program, until the child completes such program or reaches age twenty-one, whichever first occurs. If the child is enrolled in an institution of vocational or higher education not later than October first following graduation from a secondary school or completion of a graduation equivalence degree program and so long as the child enrolls for and completes at least twelve hours of credit each semester, not including the summer semester, at an institution of vocational or higher education and achieves grades sufficient to reenroll at such institution, the parental support obligation shall continue until the child completes his or her education, or until the child reaches the age of twenty-one, whichever first occ

 

[johndsanders007]

the website you gave me had this in section 5

 

[johndsanders007]

the county clerk is mailing the original child support order to me sometime this week. so I don't know what it states on the order yet. But thank you again

 

[army judge]

the county clerk is mailing the original child support order to me sometime this week. so I don't know what it states on the order yet. But thank you again

You're welcome.
I knew that, but wanted you to experience the joy and hope when you saw light at the other end of the child support tunnel. LOL

If the "child", I use that word advisedly, is attending a higher educational institution or a trade school; the saga continues. There is light, it will end, just a little bit longer. Unless the "child" begins to sputter and whir without movement.