Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

Re: Must Child Support Still Be Paid?

If your husband's child is now 20 years of age and attending VMI, he is considered neither enlisted in the U.S. Army nor is he legally emancipated, and yes, your husband will have to continue paying the support provided for in the Virginia decree untill either the young man attains age 22 or finishes college(which the term school typically refers to in these kinds of provisions), whichever happens first.

However, if in fact you determined that the young man had dropped out of school and either was in the army or had taken a job somewhere and was apparently self-supporting, then I would agree with your assessment regarding his emancipation

and the consequent termination of your husband's obligation to support him.

Re: Must Child Support Still Be Paid?

I agree with Mr. Henderson's advice. I would also add that the only ways to terminate the support is to have a Court declare it over. If you just stop the mother will most certainly file a Show Cause to hold him in contempt of Court and if that happens he would have to pay her attorney fees. The best course is to bring an action to terminate support in the place where the decree was entered. You need the proof first before you make such an expensive move. And yes, a Virginia lawyer is necessary. LawGuru is certainly one way to find one, starting with me.