CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Child Support
......Termination of Child Support
.........Age/Majority
............Before 3/4/72
5 Cards On This Topic:
  • Age of majority prior to 3/4/72 was 21 years of age.
  • Child support order entered prior to 3/4/72 not terminated at child's 18th birthday (reached after 3/4/72).
  • Creation of 2 classes of child support orders (pre- and post- 3/4/72) does not violate equal protection rights.
  • Pre-1972 child support judgments are enforceable until Cs reach age 21, unless modified subsequent thereto.
  • Interlocutory judgment which is not appealed and is entered before 3/4/72 creates child support order which continues until age 21.