Court Opinion

ID: 9676365
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:22:48.920724+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:48.025091
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Doctoroff, P.J.
(dissenting). I respectfully dissent. I agree with the majority opinion in Paaso v Paaso, 170 Mich App 628; 428 NW2d 724 (1988), authored by Shepherd, J. The Age of Majority Act does not preclude an award of child support beyond a child’s eighteenth birthday if that child is still attending high school. I do not believe that the Legislature intended for high school seniors to go financially unsupported by the noncustodial parent. This would defeat the purpose of the child support statute, which is to ensure financial stability for the children of divorced parents through their formative years.
I would affirm.