Emancipation law in Illinois and Child Support

I am hopeing someone could help me with a legal question. I was divorced in illinois in april of 2003 and and had a daughter that was 18 at the time and had finished high school in june of 2002 and did not go back to school until august of 2004. My ex wife is taking me to court now for educational expenses. Am i responsible for this with her haveing been 18 at the time of the divorce and not going or registered in school at the time . i have searched the internet and have been unable to find any simalar cases . please help if you can , thanks

Were you ever ordered to pay child support for daugther?

Did the college funds come from a loan?

Does/Did your wife get the full bill?

in the final divorce decree i was not ordered to pay for support for the oldest daughter , i am not sure if all of the bills went to my ex, i don't think they all did , i believe my daughter is paying some of it . it does state on one page of the dissolution of marriage "In accordance with the court's finding petionor is awarded sole , care, custody, control and education of the minor children ". it says nothing of the eldest

i forgot to thank you for looking at this , thanks

Your best choice is to maintain an attorney. If you are low income try legal aid services:

http://www.illinoislegalaid.org/

Here are a couple of sites you might be interested in:

http://www.divorcenet.com/states/ill...ce_information
http://www.divorcelawinfo.com/states/ill/illinois.htm

thank you for your help

Although you should check with a local lawyer to clarify exactly what is going on, the Illinois statutes state,

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Quoting 750 ILCS 5/505 - Child support; contempt; penalties.

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(a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, declaration of invalidity of marriage, a proceeding for child support following dissolution of the marriage by a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over the absent spouse, a proceeding for modification of a previous order for child support under Section 510 of this Act, or any proceeding authorized under Section 501 or 601 of this Act, the court may order either or both parents owing a duty of support to a child of the marriage to pay an amount reasonable and necessary for his support, without regard to marital misconduct. The duty of support owed to a child includes the obligation to provide for the reasonable and necessary physical, mental and emotional health needs of the child. For purposes of this Section, the term "child" shall include any child under age 18 and any child under age 19 who is still attending high school.

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thank you aaron i think that is exactly what i was looking for

aaron that doesn't seem to help , any chance anyone knows of any precident on this

It doesn't help with what? I still think you need to consult a lawyer to find out exactly what is going on, as I'm in a poor position to guess.