Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts

The answer to your question depends on the wording of the court order that compels you to pay child support. If you are divorced and have a separation agreement, then you need to read the language used. If not, then you need to read the court judgment.

Here's the law: "The court may make appropriate orders of maintenance, support and education for any child who has attained age twenty-one but who has not attained age twenty-three, if such child is domiciled in the home of a parent, and is principally dependent upon said parent for maintenance due to the enrollment of such child in an educational program, excluding educational costs beyond an undergraduate degree."

� if the child isn't attending for a semester, the paying parent can petition the court to at least suspend the child support obligation while the child is not enrolled.