Age Child Support Ends
Age Child Support Ends
In Georgia, child support payments generally stop when the minor child for whom support is being provided turns 18 years of age. However, Georgia law permits for child support payments to terminate when a child turns 18 or graduates from secondary school, whichever occurs later. Child support shall not be required after the child reaches the age of 20, even if they have not completed high school. According to Georgia law, court ordered child support may end when one of the below circumstances occurs.
Agreements for Child Support Payments Past the Age of 20
Disagreements
occasionally arise when one parent wishes for child support to continue past
the age of 18 or graduation from secondary school. Although a court may not
order a parent to support a child past his or her 20th birthday without
the parents' consent, the court may incorporate an agreement between the
parties to pay for college, or otherwise support an adult child, in the court's
Final Order. The court will only incorporate an agreement of the parties if the
court finds the agreement in the best interest of the child and equitable under
the circumstances of the specific case. Since a court's determination on the
matter may prove unsatisfactory to both parents, it is advisable for parents to
reach a mutually acceptable agreement, rather than ask the judge to decide.