California Court of Appeal

Trial court's denial of a father's motion to reduce his child support obligation to zero from the $900 that he paid to the child's stepfather each month is affirmed where: 1) neither Family Code section 3951(a) nor Plumas County Dept. of Child Support Services v. Rodriguez required the trial court to modify father's child support obligation to zero because father agreed to pay guideline child support to stepfather a year earlier, and thus section 3951(a) was satisfied; and 2) a guideline child support order made during a child's minority that remains in effect after the child's 18th birthday because the child is a full-time high school student need not be modified simply because neither party has custody of the child after she turns 18.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/07/2010
• Published 07/07/2010

Judges

• ROBIE

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frank E. Dougherty, Kimball J. P. Sargeant