Harding v. Harding

HEDRICK, Judge.

Defendant contends the court erred in denying his motion “that all support for all the children more than eighteen years of age be discontinued.” On 5 July 1971, after entry of the original consent decree but before entry of any of the subsequent orders, G.S. 48A-2 became effective. It provides that “[a] minor is any person who has not reached the age of 18 years.” In light of this statute, the authority of the court to require support for a normal child as a ward of the court ceases when the child becomes eighteen. Shoaf v. Shoaf, 282 N.C. 287, 192 S.E. 2d 299 (1972) ; Nolan…