Yep, he has to pay until the children are 21 IF they go to college. If they do not go then support stops at 18. This is to ensure them the opportunity to obtain higher education. Best of luck to you

I live in VA and unless there is section specific to college, child support only goes until the age of 18 or until the child finishes high school (or maybe trade school)- which ever is furthest out. So if your child turns 18 in January but school isn't out until June, they still pay until June. Or if your child finishes high school early - like at age 17, they still pay until the child is 18. Also if the child is held back or anything like that they keep paying until high school is finished or until age 20 as specified in your agreement. If you have a lawyer check w/ them. If not you may want to talk to the clerk of the court and see if they can explain it further.

I interpret it as no college payments but it is confusing. Lets break it up without commas:

Continue til 18
Continue til graduate from high school
Continue til emancipation (could happen B4 age 18).
Continue upon further order of court.

And never never never past age of 21 even if in school.

Attorneys write these orders, judges just sign off on them. Usually the attorney that started the action is ordered to write the courts order.

Then the opposing attorney reads it and if there is no objection the first attorney send it to the judge who then signs it without a glance. After all if no one objects whats the problem?

Well surprise surprise attorneys make mistakes. And a mistake will be interperted in favor of the person who will otherwise have to pay.

Bottom line: no college money.

Of course he can volunteer to pay his kid anything he wants forever.

Thank you all for your advise. He was ordered to pay the above on two children, one of which is 18 and now here next door to us, we pay his rent, but he will be going to college on the 10th of august. He called to see when they were going to stop taking the entire amount out of his check, and they told him that it was not split like that in the divorce so his ex wife will continue to get the entire amount until his daughter graduates next year. This has him mad to say the least, but he also thinks that the last part means that his ex will continue to get the full amount even though both kids will be in college next year. I have been trying to convince him that it is going to stop when his daughter graduates but all we do is argue..

"said payments $$$ per month shall continue until the children reach the age of eighteen years, graduate from high school, or are otherwise emancipated or until further order of this court. In no event shall such support continue past the age of twenty years of age for a child that remains unmarried and is enrolled in a secondary education program or vocational school and is making progress towards a diploma."

I have this same order, and a secondary school referred to as high school, primary school is elementary. as for the vocational training, some kids drop out and get a HSED or GED. There are some children who cannot grasp high school or tend to see what they can get away with, therefore failing a few classes and not graduating on time.
My children will be 18 their senior year in high school, so therefore if they would have failed some classes and had to stay an extra year in school, CS would still be available to support them.
Now if and when the children either grad or drop out of school, the payer can petition the court for a reduction in support. Just so you know that courts will only credit you from the date your file.
Examples:
Say child is 18 and grads in June, but the payer does not file until Aug. Payer gets court date in Nov. The amount paid only from Aug to Nov will have to be paid back to payer.
Say child is 18 and dropped out of school, payer should file for reduction based on the fact that child is no longer attending school.
According to the way that your order is written, one child grads from HS or turns 18 if he or she grads when they are 17 is the point that you need to file for reduction or stop of support.
REMEMBER that you cannot just stop paying support on your own, you must have a court order to do so. Sometimes the ex's will sign a paper stating that child completed school and that will stop CS.

in my state it is a state were 18 years and you are done with cs unless further ordered. my father in law was ordered extra in the sense that he had to pay as long as his child was enrolled fulltime and living in his ex wifes home and the son not working. some states require until they are 21.

also it is up to him to contact the courts to stop child support.