[spolo]

Hi there my daughter is 18 now and we live in Michigan about three weeks ago she moved into her aunts home because her dad grabbed her and made bruises on her arm, The school says that her dad still has to sign her out of school and call her absences in when she doesn't go to school I thought when your 18 even with dr's and hospitals you have to call your own information in and she doesn't live at his residence and I still pay support the school is telling her to fill out paperwork and she won't how do I get this done so I can get my support stopped or changed it seems like her dad isn't going to stop it

[JudyKayTee]

Here is how a child becomes an emancipated adult in Michigan without a Court Order:

"EMANCIPATION BY OPERATION OF LAW - A minor is automatically emancipated when: Validly married; [B]Reaches age 18... " Probate Court - EMANCIPATION OF MINORS, Kalamazoo Michigan County Government Web Site

Remind the school that your daughter is a emancipated, an adult, and you (and her father) are not responsible for her.

Do you pay support by Court Order? What does the Order say? If you have to pay until she's 18 support should stop. If you pay until she graduates high school, then you have (I would think) a month or so left to pay.

Or is it something else?

If you pay voluntarily and it is not deducted from your salary, send the support to the person she's living with - the aunt.

If her father bruised her, did anyone call CPS or some other authority?

[spolo]

Yes I did let he school know she is 18 and an adult now but the school seems to not listen to me and my daughter did not call no-one but she did send me pictures of the bruise and I have the on my computer I pay my support through a court order it automatically is taken out of my pay but I cannot prove that she lives with her aunt because nothing is changed with the school this school did say she is homeless because she doesn't live with either parent and the school is makng the aunt fill out information and her work info How do I get the school to realize she is 18 and is an adult

[Fr_Chuck]

You may not be able to get the school to reconise anything, often they don't care, they have their RULES which says that a child has to be checked in and out by the proper adult.

And the school and child support are two separate issues.

As for the school, it is actually the 18's years old issue, to either obey school rules or prove she is emancipated by state law.

[spolo]

The problem I have thugh why should my xhusband get uportf he isn't living at his residence I don't have A problem paying but it should go to the person who is taking care of my daughter am I correct