GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 54
AN ACT PERMITTING A COURT TO ORDER CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS TO CONTINUE FOR AS LONG AS THE CHILD IS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 50-13.4(c) is amended by adding the following at the end of that subsection:
"Payments ordered for the support of a child shall terminate when the child reaches the age of 18 except:
(1) if the child is otherwise emancipated, payments shall terminate at that time;
(2) if the child is still in primary or secondary school when he reaches age 18, the court in its discretion may order support payments to continue until he graduates, otherwise ceases to attend school on a regular basis, or reaches age 20, whichever comes first."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of March, 1983.