With the prices of goods and fuel rising and money harder to come by, it should come as no surprise that the Legislature is looking to make some changes to Connecticut’s child support laws.
The Courant ran this article last week about a bill that would lengthen the amount of time that an obligor was required to pay child support to the age of 21.
Presently, the legal obligation to support a child stops generally at the age of 18; or until the minor child attains the age of 19 or completes the 12th grade, whichever occurs first.
A court can also issue and educational support order requiring a parent to provide support for a child or children to attend up to 4 full academic years of an institution of higher education. The educational support order terminates no later than once the minor child attains the age of 23.
I could not find the text of the bill that would raise the age of child support until the age of 21 on the legislature’s website.
The legislature is also considering a bill that would require the child support guidelines to be examined and updated every 2 years instead of every 4 years as presently required.
I’m guessing that reviewing the child support guidelines every 2 years will have the effect of raising the amount of child support paid by obligors. The guidelines look in part at the cost of living in Connecticut. If the cost of living and raising a child increases it figures, that the guideline support amounts will also increase.
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The guidelines need to be changed every 2 years. Considering that food and oil prices are so much higher, most mothers are struggling even more than ever.
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I think is so unfair for those that pay child support. Why do fuel is high and food is up and the law make the working pay child support to pay more. It cost them more money to pay for fuel to drive to work. And any childern that is over 16 yrs should find a job make their extra $, hard working earn money then they will think twice before they spend it. This will help them learn to budget. Then they sit around spending there hard working parents $ and become lazy and selffish and disrespect. So I say child support should never be pay over the age of 18yrs.
P.S why do the law make it so easy for the parents who getting child support to get away with their cash income. All Nail Salon take CASH/CHECK only and the check make out to them or their employee.And their register don't even have papers to print out reciept. THey hire family member who's on welfare/ goverment assistant wasting tax payer $……This is why our budget is in terrible.
The government should go audit all the Nail salon and I bite They will make lots of tax for CT.All the Tax being cheated all these yrs. All nail salon have camera at their house WHY? .Cash
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