Norris v. Norris

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

When Joseph and Joan Norris were divorced in 1972, the district court ordered Joseph to pay $200 per month for the support, education, and maintenance of each of the parties’ two children “until said children respectively reach the age of majority or are otherwise emancipated.” At that time, Nev. Rev. Stat. § 129.010 declared twenty-one to be the age of majority for males. The legislature amended the statute in 1973, reducing to eighteen the age of majority for all persons.

In 1975, when the Norris’ son turned eighteen, Joseph stopped making support payments…