Warren v. Hunter

OPALA, Justice:

The 1979 amendment of 12 O.S. 1971 § 1277 1 provides that:

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Any child shall be entitled to support by the parents until the child reaches eighteen (18) years of age. If a dependent child is regularly and continuously attending high school, said child shall be entitled to support by the parents through the age of eighteen (18) years.” [Emphasis ours].

The question to be answered is whether the § 1277 obligation vis-á-vis one’s dependent child who is attending high school while past the age of eighteen is imposable in a post-decree proceeding prosecuted between the parents in…