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Kerrie Crawford/Custodial Parent

by Kerrie Crawford
(Houston,Tx)

I was recently informed by my local Child support office that my divorce decree is written to say that "when any child turns 18 then all support stops". I am completely at a loss as to how something like this can be true. My oldest daughter did turn 18 on Feb 22nd but will not be graduating from high school until June 1st, meanwhile my youngest daughter is 13 yrs old and according the my local office and because of the way my original decree is worded then all support now stops and I'm left to raise my 13 yr old all by myself. How is this possible? She is still a legal minor and will be for the next 5 years. I can not determine if it was a typo that my attorney did not catch or if perhaps my exhusbands attorney knew exactly what she was doing and she managed to get away with it. Either way I need some help in finding out how to enforce child support payments until my youngest graduates from high school, otherwise I will be providing for her financially for a full 5 years and I do not feel like spending my money to take things back to court would be the best decision since from the looks of your website standard support is until yr 18 or when they graduate, which ever comes last.


Thank you in advance for your assistance,
Kerrie Crawford

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Oct 10, 2008
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Oops!
by: Anonymous

According to Texas Family Law, Child Support will continue until the child reaches 18 or finishes high school (whichever is later). If your divorce decree says that support ends prior to that, then your attorney screwed up (and you signed it).

What I would do is contact the Attorney General's office and request a "modification" to the existing order. Trust me, if they know you can potentially get more money, they will do this. They have a vested interest because they receive federal funding for the amount of money they collect.

Personally, I'm a non custodial parent myself and I can't stand the AG's office. What's worse is that some guys don't pay as they should and people like myself get treated like "dead beats".

Feel free to contact me at david.abildgaard.ctr@petagon.af.mil

Good luck!

Aug 14, 2008
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You will have to get a lawyer
by: Anonymous

No way around it.

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