Enrolling NY Judgement as FL Judgement

[Frustrated Dad]

Complicated issue: my wife and I were granted a NY divorce in 1998 when our daughter was 6. My ex-wife relocated to FL 4 months after the divorce was settled. Quick summary of situation:
* I have paid child support to my ex-wife as mandated through my daughter's 18th birthday, at which time she moved out of her mother's house into an apartment with her boyfriend.
* I have continued to pay the same amount since my daughter's 18th birthday but directly into my daughter's own account.
* For reasons I won't list here to ensure the proper care of my daughter, I have had to move to FL from NY on two different occasions and currently reside here. My daughter lived with me on three different occasions for a total of several months, during which time, I continued to pay her mother support.
* My daughter has since moved back into her mother's house. The NY agreement calls for my paying support until my daughter is 21 as long as she is enrolled in college.
My question is this: Regardless of the circumstances, will the FL courts enforce a 21-year-old emancipation age, even though I understand there is a Florida emancipation age is 18?

[Attorney Howard Iken]

You need to domesticate the NY order and then file to modify it under Florida law. This will result in termination of support.

Attorney Howard Iken


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