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    Default Is Pursuing a GED the Same as Enrollment in School for Child Support

    My question involves child support in the State of: TEXAS

    The Texas statute for ending child support states the following:


    Sec.*154.002.**CHILD SUPPORT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. (a) The court may render an original support order, or modify an existing order, providing child support past the 18th birthday of the child to be paid only if the child is:
    (1)**enrolled:
    (A)**under Chapter 25, Education Code, in an accredited secondary school in a program leading toward a high school diploma;
    (B)**under Section 130.008, Education Code, in courses for joint high school and junior college credit; or
    (C)**on a full-time basis in a private secondary school in a program leading toward a high school diploma; and
    (2)**complying with:
    (A)**the minimum attendance requirements of Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code; or
    (B)**the minimum attendance requirements imposed by the school in which the child is enrolled, if the child is enrolled in a private secondary school.
    (b)**The request for a support order through high school graduation may be filed before or after the child's 18th birthday.
    (c)**The order for periodic support may provide that payments continue through the end of the month in which the child graduates.


    The child is 17, has not been attending school for almost a year. The truancy court has ordered child to take GED.

    All the information above states "attending an accredited secondary school", "enrolled in a private secondary school", etc...leading towards high school diploma.

    What happens if the child decides that they are "working towards getting a GED, but not enrolled or attending any school or course and they have still not taken or passed the GED AFTER their 18th birthday?" Would someone who pays cs still need to support this "child" until they "decide" to take the GED? Odds are this child will not be doing anything at all, as the child has a 1yr old and is pregnant again. The school has offered numerous options for daycare/attending school and all have been turned down by the custodial parent and the child.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Default Re: Is Pursuing a GED the Same as Enrollment in School for Child Support

    I would think that anyone can pass the GED, its just a simple test.

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    Default Re: Is Pursuing a GED the Same as Enrollment in School for Child Support

    I would file for termination, in time for their 18th birthday. A GED is a General Equivalency Degree. It is not a high school diploma, nor is it program/school leading to a high school diploma.

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    Default Re: Is Pursuing a GED the Same as Enrollment in School for Child Support

    If they are not enrolled in an academic program, then they're not enrolled and cannot be said to be meeting attendance requirements. If they must be enrolled for the parent to obtain support, then their non-enrollment after the age of 18 constitutes grounds for you to seek termination of the support.

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    Default Re: Is Pursuing a GED the Same as Enrollment in School for Child Support

    Thank you for the information. I appreciate it.

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