In re Dissolution of Marriage of Lazor

The primary issue for our determination is whether the decree of dissolution required appellee to continue making support payments to appellant for Kimberly after her eighteenth birthday.3 For the reasons which follow, we find that it does not, and affirm the judgment of the court below.

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Nature of the Support Obligation

There is uncertainty among the lower courts as to when the obligation of a noncustodial parent whose marriage has been dissolved to support his or her minor child terminates. Appellant, relying on Nokes v. Nokes (1976), 47 Ohio St. 2d 1, 1 O.O. 3d 1, 351 N.E. 2d 174, contends…