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If you were still living with the other parent, you'd be helping to support the child through that period as more than likely the child will be unable to support themselves. Living apart from the other parent does not absolve you of that responsibility towards your child.

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Q: Why do you have to pay child support and pay for your child to go away to college?
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Can child support be paid to the child if away at college?

Yes dit can because child support is child support and they have 2 pay millions of dollars for collage so they need money to take care of them selfs


Do you have to pay child support if your child is eighteen in college and has a medical condition?

A person may have to pay child support even if the child is 18 and in college and has a medical condition. This may be true if the person owes back child support.


My daughter will be away at college. Do I still have to pay child support to the mother to care for her while she is away?

You can file for the money to go directly to the child, provide you state requires child support beyond high school. See link


Do you have to pay child support if that child goes to college?

Depends on the laws in your state and the child support order.


Do you still pay child support if the child is in college in wi?

That depends on what's in your child support order. In WI the court can't order child support during college, however, if the parent voluntarily agreed to pay it and it was placed in the child support order, then it will be enforced.


Do you have to pay child support if child goes to college in North Carolina?

no


I pay child support for my two children in college AS per my divorce agreement I pay for all college costs in full If the children are away at school shouldn't my child support be lowered?

Yes, because you pay for EVERYTHING. It's not like you don't pay for anything. Thank God there are men like you in this world.


Do both parent pay child support while child is in college?

No, not when the child is 18.


If Child in college and has a job do you still have to pay child support in New Jersey?

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Do you still have to pay child support if child is 18 and going college in CA?

No, at 18 your child is legally an adult and is no longer your dependant, so you do not have to pay support.


If you are pregnant and getting a divorce does your husband have the right to give his rights away and not pay child support when the baby is born?

No. He can sign over his rights but he would still be liable to pay child support. The only time he doesn't have to pay child support is if a stepdad wanted to adopt the child, then the biological father doesn't have to pay child support if he signs his rights away.


When does Ohio child support end if child goes to college?

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