Marshall v. Marshall

Fletcher, Justice.

The parties’ divorce decree, consistent with the jury verdict, requires the noncustodial parent to deposit a fixed sum in an interest-bearing account in the name of the parties’ minor child with the principal and accrued interest to be paid to the minor on her eighteenth birthday. We granted this discretionary application to consider whether this provision violates the proscription against requiring the payment of child support after a child reaches the age of majority.

1. Neither a judge nor jury may require a parent to provide child support beyond the age of majority.…