Hinson v. Kinard

Ingram, Justice.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether a father’s obligation to pay child support terminates at age 18, or at age 21, under a judgment, entered prior to the statutory change in majority age, when the judgment is silent as to the time of cessation of the child support obligation.

At the time the original judgment was rendered, the father was obligated to pay child support until the child became 21 years of age. In Jenkins v. Jenkins, 233 Ga. 902, 903 (214 SE2d 368) (1975), we noted that § 10 of the Act of 1972, p. 193 (Code Ann., § 74-104.1) requires that "obligations…