Haskew v. Haskew

Pursuant to the former wife’s motion, the trial court ordered the former husband to- make child support payments “until each child reaches age 21, or becomes otherwise emancipated.” We reverse.

Section 743.07, Florida Statutes (1973), which lowered the age of majority to eighteen, took effect on July 1, 1973. Child support orders entered subsequent to the statute’s effective date cannot, with limited exceptions, require a parent to provide support beyond a child’s eighteenth birthday. Wilkerson v. Wilkerson, 430 So.2d 542 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983); see Jones v. Jones, 421 So.2d 815 (Fla. 4th DCA…