State Ex Rel. Weingart v. Kiessenbeck

The question presented for decision is whether the original decree, properly construed, requires the defendant to pay for the support of the child until she reaches the age of 21, having in mind the fact that when the decree was entered she was under 18 at which time the statutory age of majority was 18, and the further fact that after the decree, but before she became 18, the age of majority was fixed by statute at 21.

The defendant contends that vested rights in the defendant were created by the original decree and that the holding of the trial court, requiring him to pay after the child…