OK so here's the back story:
My husband and his 1st wife have divorced. We went to court to have child support lowered to reflect his income as the ex was demanding more than double of what the guidelines stated. A final order was issued by the courts stating the following in part:
The Applicant shall pay to the Respondent for the support of the children under the age of majority the sum of $xxx each month in accordance with the Child Support Table for the Province of Ontario commencing on the 16th day of January, 2006 and on the 16th day of each month thereafter.
There was no further mention of support of any kind in the rest of the order - it dealt with back support, special expenses (orthodontics) and primary residence.
So this brings us to our current situation. The oldest turned 18 in June. She graduated high school in June. She went back to HS for 1st semester for a co-op program and is holding 2 part time jobs. She is done 1st semester at the end of December and has applied to college to begin in September. Until then, she plans on finding full time employment - or getting FT hours from one of her current PT jobs. She will remain living at home with her mother while in college - should she be accepted.
She has decided in her infinite teenage wisdom that she does not want to apply for student funding of any kind and feels that we should help pay her education. We cannot afford this, as much as we would like to.
The question that we are wondering about in the end is this: does child support continue for her even though she is of the age of majority? She is taking more than 2 months off in between schools - closer to 9 months in all actuality. I do believe that she could have started her program sooner - possibly even this last September had she not gone back to HS for a co-op program.
Any insight into this dilemma is greatly appreciated and if I could find actual documentation to back us it would be wonderful. Thanks for your help...
My husband and his 1st wife have divorced. We went to court to have child support lowered to reflect his income as the ex was demanding more than double of what the guidelines stated. A final order was issued by the courts stating the following in part:
The Applicant shall pay to the Respondent for the support of the children under the age of majority the sum of $xxx each month in accordance with the Child Support Table for the Province of Ontario commencing on the 16th day of January, 2006 and on the 16th day of each month thereafter.
There was no further mention of support of any kind in the rest of the order - it dealt with back support, special expenses (orthodontics) and primary residence.
So this brings us to our current situation. The oldest turned 18 in June. She graduated high school in June. She went back to HS for 1st semester for a co-op program and is holding 2 part time jobs. She is done 1st semester at the end of December and has applied to college to begin in September. Until then, she plans on finding full time employment - or getting FT hours from one of her current PT jobs. She will remain living at home with her mother while in college - should she be accepted.
She has decided in her infinite teenage wisdom that she does not want to apply for student funding of any kind and feels that we should help pay her education. We cannot afford this, as much as we would like to.
The question that we are wondering about in the end is this: does child support continue for her even though she is of the age of majority? She is taking more than 2 months off in between schools - closer to 9 months in all actuality. I do believe that she could have started her program sooner - possibly even this last September had she not gone back to HS for a co-op program.
Any insight into this dilemma is greatly appreciated and if I could find actual documentation to back us it would be wonderful. Thanks for your help...
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