Do you still have to pay child support if the child goes to college in NC?

Do you still have to pay child support if the child goes to college in NC?

Under North Carolina law there is no legal duty to pay any college expenses or to continue child support past age 18 if the child is enrolled in college. Please note that some states do require child support until age 21 if the child is enrolled in college.

Does NC child support end at 18?

Child support orders may be established for children up to age 18 and may continue until the age of 20 if the child is still in high school.

Does child support automatically stop at 18 in NC?

In North Carolina, NC Gen. Stat. §50-13.4 requires child support to be paid until a child is age 18 or graduates from high school, whichever is longer. Support may end sooner than that if a child becomes emancipated.

What happens to child support when custodial parent goes to jail?

If there already is a child support order, and the parent who was ordered to pay child support goes to jail (is incarcerated), the child support order does not automatically end. The incarcerated parent may be able to pay child support if he or she still has income or assets that could be used to support your child.

How many child support payments can you miss before going to jail?

If the child support owed exceeds $10,000 or is overdue by more than two years, the offense is a felony that carries up to a two-year prison sentence.

What rights does a parent have while incarcerated?

A prisoner may lose many many different civil rights while serving time for a crime they’ve committed, but visitation and parental rights aren’t included on the list. There are currently no existing laws requiring a non-incarcerated parent to bring their child to a jail for visitation with their other parent.