Q: Child support questions in Virginia?
My husband is divorced in 2008 with 4 kids? He paid Alimony and He is still paying child support for his kids. His kids ages are 23, 21, 18 and 16. All kids graduated from school except the last one. We are having a baby together. Do we have to pay child support when they are in college? We met divorce lawyer and she went over his divorce decree and she mentioned we don't have to pay unless we signed any other documents. As per my understanding we have to pay only for one child until next year. One of his kid is going to expensive public university. do we still have to pay for his college expenses? Can she file against us? His income did increase over past ten years. If we do this change..last child's support will only be calculated with current income? or it will be calculated for all 4? This is very confusing!
A:
Unless the parents agree otherwise, child support ends at age 18 or high school graduation, unless there is some permanent disability.
Often times settlement agreement do have college expense obligations that are separate from child support obligations.
Any financial arrangement after child support ends is between the parent and child as they agree.
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