Carr v. Carr

KAUGER, Justice.

The first impression issue presented is whether proof of a material change in condition must be shown before child support, originally ordered through a child’s eighteenth birthday, can be continued after the child reaches eighteen while attending high school. We find that, pursuant to 43 O.S. 1991 § 112(D),1 if the custodial parent is providing a dependent child, over the age of majority who is attending high school, with the necessities of life, the continuation of child support until the age of nineteen is warranted.2

FACTS

The appellee, Sheila Mae Carr (mother), and the…