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  • Dec 24, 2011, 11:07 AM
    Oscar_
    Child support to Teenagers after graduating from High school
    My 2 teenagers will turn 18 within 2 years, do I still need to pay child support to their mother under Florida law? Or I can just give the money to my children themselves?
  • Dec 24, 2011, 11:14 AM
    JudyKayTee
    No, you can't give it to them. It goes to the custodial parent (unless your Court papers say otherwise, which I've certainly never seen).

    Anything you give the children DIRECT is a gift (in the eyes of the Court). It is in ADDITION to child support.

    What do your Court papers say about the age support stops? 18? 21? Some other age?
  • Dec 24, 2011, 11:56 AM
    ScottGem
    When support stops is usually stated in your support order. The order will have been issued according to the law. So you need to read the order.

    But support is paid to the custodial parent, not direct.
  • Dec 24, 2011, 12:54 PM
    twinkiedooter
    You go by what your court ordered child support paperwork says. And at no time is the money to be paid to the child but to the custodial parent who is named in the child support order.
  • Dec 24, 2011, 01:01 PM
    Fr_Chuck
    Agree, the money is not the child's, it is the custodial parents. It is to be given to the parent to offset the cost of housing, of food, transportation and more.

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