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Yes, unless the child is "emancipated' (i.e., self-supporting).

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Q: Does a father have to pay child support if a child is 16 but no longer in education?
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If your child has a GED and is attending college does the father still have to pay child support?

Child support is based upon age (usually 18), not education.


Child support for 17 year old child not living at home of either parent?

No. You have remember that "support" is what the (usually) father pays the mother for the upkeep of the child. If the child moves out, the mother is no longer supporting the child and the father no longer needs to pay her.


Do you have to go back to court when the child turns 21?

If there is a child support order in place, and your child is now an adult and has completed their education, then yes. You can have the order modified to stop child support as the child no longer meets the requirements of child support


Do you have to pay back child support to child when paternity was proven after 18?

No and you pay the support to the parent not the kid. If the child is 18 there is no longer a need for child support. If someone has been paying for you and believed they were the father they can sue you for the money though.


Can you get child support if the father is incarcerated?

Can you get child support inArkansasif their father is incarcerated


How Can you fight child support as the paying father?

If you are the child's father then you really have little legal support to not support your child. Your child is legally entitled to your financial support.


Does the father still pay child support if the mother voluntarily gives custody to someone else?

No, if the mother voluntarily gives cutody to someone else, she can no longer be paid child support because she no longer has custody of the child. What happens now is the father can obtain custody because he does have rights or the person who has custody and have legal guardianship can file for assistance in which child support can be included or filed.


Does a father in Georgia keep paying child support when his 18 year old isn't in college?

If your child is an adult, and no longer in full time education, you should apply to the court to modify your support order reflecting this change. In most cases, it does not happen automatically, and you will need the court order to reflect this.


Can a child get child support from biological father and have your new partners name what can you do?

A child does not have to have the same last name as the biological father to receive child support from that father.


Does a man have parental rights if he does not pay child support and the child has a step dad that has been with him a lot longer than the real father?

Even if he is paying, he has no rights until court granted.


Does the father have to pay child support or child care for an autistic child if the father is on SSI?

No. SSI recipients are not liable for child support.


If the father no longer has custody does he still have to pay child support in the state of Virginia?

Yes, even if the mother never did.