{"id":1665,"date":"2020-09-21T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2020-09-21T08:00:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T13:00:18","slug":"continuing-texas-child-support-while-child-pursues-high-school-diploma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/continuing-texas-child-support-while-child-pursues-high-school-diploma\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing Texas Child Support While Child Pursues High School Diploma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas court may order child support beyond a child\u2019s 18<sup>th<\/sup> birthday if the child is still in high school, whether a public school, a private school, or course that provide joint high school and junior college credits.\u00a0 The child must comply with the minimum attendance requirements in the Education Code or the private school\u2019s minimum attendance requirements.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code. Ann. \u00a7 154.002.\u00a0 A mother challenged the termination of child support for her son after his 18<sup>th<\/sup> birthday in a recent Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/ninth-court-of-appeals\/2020-09-19-00255-cv.pdf?ts=1599135323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">custody case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The divorce decree ordered the father to pay monthly child support until one of the listed events occurred.\u00a0 Child support would continue if he was in compliance with the requirements in Tex. Fam. Code. Ann. \u00a7 154.002.<\/p>\n<p>The father petitioned to terminate child support in September 2018, following the son\u2019s 18<sup>th<\/sup> birthday in April.\u00a0 The mother claimed the son was enrolled in an accredited secondary school.\u00a0 She then filed a petition for continuation and increase of child support and alleged her son was enrolled full-time in a private secondary school.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/continuing-texas-child-support-while-child-pursues-high-school-diploma\/#more-1665\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas court may order child support beyond a child\u2019s 18th birthday if the child is still in high school, whether a public school, a private school, or course that provide joint high school and junior college credits.\u00a0 The child must comply with the minimum attendance requirements in the Education Code or the private school\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-support"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Continuing Texas Child Support While Child Pursues High School Diploma &#8212; 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