Child Support – When Does It All End?

Unless the judge orders otherwise , child support for a child ends automatically when one of the following things happens:

1. The child turns 18 and is no longer attending high school;
2. Either (a) when the child graduates or (b) at the end of the school year after the child turns 19, whichever is earlier;
3. When the child dies;
4. When the child is emancipated by a judge;
5. When the child’s parents marry each other; or
6. When a court decree is filed granting an adoption of the child and terminates the parental rights of the person paying child support (but remember: past due child support that is still owed at the time of the adoption must still be paid)

No statute of limitations applies to efforts to collect past due child support if the person who owes child support leaves or remains outside Arkansas to avoid paying.

If you have more Child Support questions, please feel free to contact us at 501.296.9999