{"id":2897,"date":"2013-05-13T13:04:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T19:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bgs.com\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2013-05-13T13:04:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T19:04:56","slug":"when-does-child-support-end-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/when-does-child-support-end-in-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"When Does Child Support End in Minnesota?"},"content":{"rendered":"

While you might feel like your child support obligation<\/a> is going to go on forever there is an ending date. In Minnesota, your child support will end when all of your children from the marriage have turned eighteen, or when they graduate from high school, whichever is later.
\nChild support obligations do not extend past the age of 20 even if the child has not graduated from high school. There\u2019s only one exception to this: if you have a special needs child that is unlikely to be physically or mentally capable of meeting his or her own needs. Each of these cases is determined on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration receipt of social security or other financial benefits available to the child.<\/p>\n

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What about college? You and your spouse might agree to send a child to college together, but you\u2019re not obligated to do so unless you and your spouse signed something to that effect during your divorce settlement<\/a>.
\nChild support ends automatically. You don\u2019t have to go back to court. You can simply stop paying the support unless you had an income withholding order. If you did, you\u2019ll need to make sure that your case manager knows the child\u2019s 18th birthday or high school graduation is approaching.
\nThis only works, however, if your child support is paid in full. If you\u2019re in arrears the state will continue to collect the past due amount. You can\u2019t simply \u201cwait out\u201d your child support obligation, hoping that it\u2019s going to go away.
\nIf you\u2019ve changed jobs or are having financial difficulties for other reasons you can petition the court for a child support modification order. This is a fairly routine procedure, though there are no guarantees that the court will make any changes. If you get into trouble it\u2019s usually better to try this route than it is to simply allow your debt to accrue.
\nAn experienced, qualified family attorney<\/a> can help you navigate each of these issues to put you in the best possible position after your divorce. The attorneys at BGS<\/a> have been serving the Minneapolis metro area for over 75 years. If you\u2019re facing a divorce and you\u2019re not sure what to do, call us to get your initial consultation<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While you might feel like your child support obligation is going to go on forever there is an ending date. In Minnesota, your child support will end when all of your children from the marriage have turned eighteen, or when they graduate from high school, whichever is later. Child support obligations do not extend past the age of 20 even if the child has not graduated from high school. There\u2019s only one exception to this: if you have a special needs child that is unlikely to be physically or mentally capable of meeting his or her own needs. Each of these cases is determined on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration receipt of social security or other financial benefits available to the child. [maxbutton id=”1″ url=”https:\/\/bgs.com\/contact-us\/?july” text=”Get Legal Help Now” ] What about college? You and your spouse might agree to send a child to college together, but you\u2019re not obligated to do so unless you and your spouse signed something to that effect during your divorce settlement. Child support ends automatically. You don\u2019t have to go back to court. You can simply stop paying the support unless you had an income withholding order. If you did, you\u2019ll need to make sure that your case manager knows the child\u2019s 18th birthday or high…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhen Does Child Support End in Minnesota? - Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/13\/when-does-child-support-end-in-minnesota\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When Does Child Support End in Minnesota? - Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While you might feel like your child support obligation is going to go on forever there is an ending date. 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