In many states across the country, child support payments must continue until the child is emancipated, or technically becomes an adult. Usually, this is when the child turns 18 years old. It is the general assumption that children who are 18 or older should no longer be financially dependent on their parents. As a result, this is often when child support ends, unless there are extenuating circumstances. However, in 2017, New Jersey revised its laws on when child support should be terminated. The current law states that child support payments terminate automatically on the date that the child gets married, enters the military service or dies. Child support payments must also continue until the child reaches the age of 19, unless one of the following exceptions applies:nThere is a court order that specifies another age for the termination of the obligation to pay child support. However, the age may not extend past the date when the child turns 23.