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    Default Non-Court Ordered Child Support After 18 and Graduated

    My question involves child support in the State of: Illinois
    I have an 18 year old daughter and graduated from high school. I have paid non court order child support for 18 years without question. Now that she has reached 18 and graduated I contacted the mother and told her I will not be paing any more support. She then became irate and threatened to file a court order on me to continue to pay her. My daughter is going to be attending a 4 year college. My ex lives in Illinois and I live in Iowa. So does the order come form Illinois?

    Can she file an order on me after 18 and will I have to continue to pay her?

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    Default Re: Non Court Order Child Support After 18 and Graduated

    Mom can threaten all she wants, but the legal reality is that she waited too long. Now that the child is an adult, mom doesn't have standing to seek an order at this point - she'd only be able to negotiate an order that was already in place. If she never bothered to get an order through the courts, it's too bad now.

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    Default Re: Non Court Order Child Support After 18 and Graduated

    I just got a text from my ex. She claim to have a hearing scheduled 9-11-2012. Should I be worried? Why was I never notified?

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    Default Re: Non Court Order Child Support After 18 and Graduated

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    Should I be worried?
    That depends upon the language of the prior order, the full facts, and the laws of whatever state it is in which the petition is pending.
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    Why was I never notified?
    We would have no way of knowing. Perhaps notice is in transit.

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    Default Re: Non Court Order Child Support After 18 and Graduated

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    That depends upon the language of the prior order, the full facts, and the laws of whatever state it is in which the petition is pending.
    There was never any court order! The state she is filing is Illinois. Am I able to contact some one about this hearing?

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    Default Re: Non Court Order Child Support After 18 and Graduated

    You can inquire about the status of the hearing with the court in which the hearing is pending; I doubt that they can tell you much. You can retain a lawyer to represent you at any hearing.

    You have given us no context for this action, so do so now. This is or is not a child born while you were married to the mother? A prior custody order was or was not issued - and if it was, when and in what state?

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    Default Re: Non Court Order Child Support After 18 and Graduated

    Many courts are also online, you can potentially verify there.

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    Default Re: Non-Court Ordered Child Support After 18 and Graduated

    You should be able to find the Illinois Child Attending School Laws easily by going to the child support website.

    In Oregon, if there is not a valid support order at the time the "child" goes to college, they cannot get support.

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