{"id":1281,"date":"2014-03-18T09:47:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T13:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedurstfirm.com\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2014-03-14T09:57:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T13:57:12","slug":"proposed-bill-would-automatically-terminate-child-support-in-nj-at-age-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedurstfirm.com\/?p=1281","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Bill would automatically terminate child support in NJ at age 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming on the heels of the well publicized Canning case in which a high school student sued her parents (who were still married and not divorce or divorcing) for financial support, a proposed bill in the NL legislature would end child support once a child reaches the age of 19.\u00a0 You can read more about the bill at http:\/\/www.njlawjournal.com\/id=1202646845925\/Bill+Would+End+Child+Support+at+19+But+Allow+Recipient+To+Petition%3Fmcode=0&curindex=0&curpage=ALL<\/a><\/p>\n

As the article states, child support would end unless the parties previously agreed to an alternate date\/age or a judge previously ordered the support continue past the child’s 19th birthday.\u00a0 Absent a predetermined end date, the recipient, whether it be the parent OR the child, could petition the court and ask that support continue.<\/p>\n

As a divorce attorney I understand the desire of litigants for clarity and certainty.\u00a0 This bill would provide that.\u00a0 However, in my opinion the age of 19 is largely irrelevant.\u00a0 It is not clear to me why this age was selected as the termination age.\u00a0 n my mind, the current law works when applied properly and correctly places the burden on the parent paying support to seek relief when he or she believes the facts surrounding their child warrant emancipation.<\/p>\n

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Coming on the heels of the well publicized Canning case in which a high school student sued her parents (who were still married and not divorce or divorcing) for financial support, a proposed bill in the NL legislature would end … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[28],"tags":[38,29,32],"class_list":["post-1281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-durstfirm-news","tag-child-support","tag-divorce","tag-durst"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6omM8-kF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1232,"url":"https:\/\/thedurstfirm.com\/?p=1232","url_meta":{"origin":1281,"position":0},"title":"NJ Senate Judiciary committee approves bill granting judges more discretion in child support cases.","author":"Sandy Durst","date":"December 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 As children grow older, the issue of when they may be deemed emancipated arises.\u00a0 Emancipation is important because once found to be emancipated, parents have no legal duty to financially support the child. 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