Opinion ID: 1279429
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Heading: Payment to the Children

Text: We cannot concur that the provisions of paragraph 3 are for child support as determined by the trial court. In 1980, Franklin Todd Johnson was 21, and Paul Kassis Johnson was 16. By 1985, Franklin was likely out of school, at age 26, and Paul was 21. Contingent upon the death of the mother, the children's payment right would continue until 1990, when Franklin would be 31, and Paul 26. Whatever these payments may be, they are not child support of the conventional kind. Since in 1985 both sons were of age, we are concerned about jurisdictional problems since neither beneficiary of this paragraph of the agreement was represented at the court proceedings wherein agreement modification was requested. Additionally, the motion for order presented in behalf of the father did not in itself request the relief consequently granted by order of the court. There is time enough to resolve any question about the payment obligations under paragraph 3 if Darla Johnson dies before December 1, 1990 and the father and sons contest the issue at that time. No jurisdiction existed for entry of that portion of the order in the absence of the requested relief by pleading and some arrangements so that the adversely affected parties would then be within the jurisdiction of the court with a right to defend. Nation v. Nation, 715 P.2d 198 (1986.)