When any of those "emancipation events" occur, the court will grant a motion ending the obligation to pay further child support. Copies of adoption orders, marriage records, or military service records should be provided to the court. Any overdue past support must still be paid.

The Friend of the Court's authority is limited to enforcing written orders signed by a judge.

No. The law does not authorize the Friend of the Court to verify how child support payments are spent by the custodial parent.

Contact the Friend of the Court for enforcement help if the other parent is more than one month behind on the support payments.

Yes. Parenting time and child support orders are enforced separately.

No. You will need to modify your court order and have it signed by a judge.

1. You may want to see if you can work out a different parenting time arrangement with the child and the other parent.


2. You can file a petition with the court requesting a change in your parenting time order.


3. You can request the Friend of the Court enforce our parenting time order.

Unless your court order forbids such discussions, the Friend of the Court has no enforcement power.