Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Re: Child Support

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It would depend upon the terms of the Final Judgment of Divorce and/or the Marital Settlement Agreement. If child support was only required to be paid through the age of 18, then there is probably no further responsibility for the father to pay child support. It would generally be too late for the mother to go back and now request any extension of child support payments.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.