Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia
Effect of change in "emancipation" status under NY Law
H & W were awarded joint custody of minor w/H having actual custody. H was obligated to provide for medical expenses until child was "emancipated." H stopped paying expenses when child became 21 and married. Child is now 29 and in mental hospital. To get child covered under H's health policy, H declared child has been a "disabled adult" with a continuous mental illness going back 20 years. H no longer wants to support child. W askes if H's conduct in fact "unemancipated" previously emancipated child, thus making H responsible for support.
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Re: Effect of change in
The simplest solution might be for W to simply pay that portion of the insurance premium attributable to the son. Otherwise you may well have a novel legal question as to whether H can even "unemancipate" a previously emanciated child and then say "Never mind." Talk to a local lawyer.
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