Child support is money to help support the care and raising of a child. In Illinois, when does a child stop being a child and therefore stop needing support? What is a parent’s duty to a child as the child continues to age? What are the Illinois child support laws after age 18? The Illinois statute defines a child for the purposes of child support. “[T]he term “child” shall include any child under age 18 and any child age 19 or younger who is still attending high school.” 750 ILCS 5/505(a) There’s the rule. Child support continues in Illinois until the child turns 18 and, if the child is still in high school until the child graduates from high school or turns 19, whichever comes first. Every child support order in Illinois even requires that the child support termination date be included in the that child support order. “An order for support shall include a date on which the current support obligation terminates. The termination date shall be no earlier than the date on which the child covered by the order will attain the age of 18. However, if the child will not graduate from high school until after attaining the age of 18, then the termination date shall be no earlier than the earlier of the date on which the child’s high school graduation will occur or the date on which the child will attain the age of 19.” 750 ILCS 5/505(g) Without a termination date on some orders, child support continues until a motion to modify support is filed. “An order for child support may be modified as follows: (1) upon a showing of a substantial change in circumstances” 750 ILCS 5/510(a) The child reaching the age of majority and/or graduating from high school is certainly a substantial change in circumstances. Is Child Support Ever Extended Beyond Age 18 or 19 in Illinois? Yes. If your child is significantly disabled you will have an obligation until that child overcomes their disability. “The court may award sums of money out of the property and income of either or both parties or the estate of a deceased parent, as equity may require, for the support of a child of the parties who has attained majority when the child is mentally or physically disabled and not otherwise emancipated. *** An application for support for a non-minor disabled child may be […]
from Russell D. Knight | Family Lawyer Chicago https://rdklegal.com/illinois-child-support-laws-after-age-18/
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