Does Child Become Emancipated if He Drops Out of School

My question involves child support in the State of: Florida

My son will be 17 in a week, he dropped out of school earlier this year and had gotten hid GED, what does this mean for child support payments? Is he considerded an imancipated minor?

No, he is not considered an emancipated minor. There is NO state where dropping out of school emancipates a minor. In FL, a minor cannot be emancipated unless his parents file the petition to emancipate him, and even then it's a hard sell.

Why should it mean anything to child support payments?

Because CS generally can be stopped if the minor emancipates ;)

Oh, I get that part. What I don't get is why the kid dropping out of school should mean anything to child support payments. Or, for that matter, why anyone would think that a kid dropping out of school would emancipate him.

Oh, right.

Well, no idea!

The kid has his GED, so I imagine that's why the OP asked about child support stopping, since a GED is legally the equivalent of graduating from high school.

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Quoting Blossom

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The kid has his GED, so I imagine that's why the OP asked about child support stopping, since a GED is legally the equivalent of graduating from high school.

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In terms of child support? Not all the time. At all.

Nor does graduation from high school automatically stop child support.

Interesting. What if the court order said the NCP has to pay child support until the child graduates from high school or turns 18 (or 19) whichever comes first. Wouldn't a GED count as high school graduation then? I don't know anything about child support in Florida, just wondering how that would work.

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Interesting. What if the court order said the NCP has to pay child support until the child graduates from high school or turns 18 (or 19) whichever comes first. Wouldn't a GED count as high school graduation then? I don't know anything about child support in Florida, just wondering how that would work.

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The NCP does state that once my son graduates highschool, that the support shall terminate in the month immediately subsequent to the month he graduates. Getting your GED would be considered graduated, correct?

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Interesting. What if the court order said the NCP has to pay child support until the child graduates from high school or turns 18 (or 19) whichever comes first.

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Orders usually provide that child support continue through childhood whether or not the child is in school, so an order might read, "Until the age of 18, or until the age of 19-1/2 if the child remains enrolled as a full-time high school student."

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Quoting Jamesjl2010

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The NCP does state that once my son graduates highschool, that the support shall terminate in the month immediately subsequent to the month he graduates. Getting your GED would be considered graduated, correct?

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The NCP could tell you that the moon is made of green cheese, but that won't make it true. The issue for us is, what does the order say? Please quote the exact language.

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Quoting Mr. Knowitall

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Orders usually provide that child support continue through childhood whether or not the child is in school, so an order might read, "Until the age of 18, or until the age of 19-1/2 if the child remains enrolled as a full-time high school student."

The NCP could tell you that the moon is made of green cheese, but that won't make it true. The issue for us is, what does the order say? Please quote the exact language.

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The order reads:(quote) All payments for child support shall be made on the first of each month and continuing on a monthly basis thereafter until terminated by the children reaching the age of 18, marrying, or dying, whichever occurs first except child support shall not terminate due to the child reaching eighteen years of age if the child is attending highschool with the exception of graduation. in this event child support shall terminate in the month immediately subsequent to the month the child graduates. (end quote).

Then there's your answer.

Ooops. Sorry. The NCP must pay until the child is 18.

So the NCP is, in effect, saying "The moon is made of green cheese." Child support continues "until terminated by the children reaching the age of 18, marrying, or dying, whichever occurs first", with possible continuation after the age of 18 if the child is still in high school and has not yet graduated.