Section 9:315.22 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Termination of child support upon majority or emancipation; exceptionsA. When there is a child support award in a specific amount per child, the award for each child shall terminate automatically without any action by the obligor upon each child's attaining the age of majority, or upon emancipation relieving the child of the disabilities attached to minority.B. When there is a child support award in globo for two or more children, the award shall terminate automatically and without any action by the obligor when the youngest child for whose benefit the award was made attains the age of majority or is emancipated relieving the child of the disabilities attached to minority.C. An award of child support continues automatically with respect to any unmarried child who attains the age of majority, or to a child who is emancipated relieving the child of the disabilities attached to minority, as long as the child is a full-time student in good standing in a secondary school or its equivalent, has not attained the age of nineteen, and is dependent upon either parent. Either the primary domiciliary parent or the major or emancipated child is the proper party to enforce an award of child support pursuant to this Subsection.D.(1) Upon contradictory motion after notice and hearing, an award of child support shall be continued by the court for a minor child under the following circumstances: (a) An award of child support shall be continued by the court with respect to any minor child who has a developmental disability, as defined in R.S. 28:451.2, until he attains the age of twenty-two, as long as the child is a full-time student in a secondary school. The primary domiciliary parent or legal guardian is the proper party to enforce an award of child support pursuant to this Subsection.(b) An award of child support shall be continued by the court with respect to any minor disabled child in accordance with R.S. 9:315.22.1(A).(2)(a) A contradictory motion filed under Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be filed before the minor child in question attains the age of majority or is emancipated relieving him of the disabilities attached to minority.(b) A copy of the judgment continuing the support order shall be furnished to all counsel of record and to all unrepresented parties appearing in the suit record.(3) Nothing in this Subsection shall limit a parent's ability to agree to provide continued support or the court's power to determine whether an agreement to provide additional support has been made. Acts 1993, No. 261, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Acts 2001, No. 408, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1082, §1; Acts 2015, No. 379, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 2016.Amended by Acts 2024, No. 448,s. 2, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by Acts 2015, No. 379,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2016.Acts 1993, No. 261, §7, eff. 1/1/1994; Acts 2001, No. 408, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1082, §1.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.