TEXAS Part 44

How long do medical support and child support in Texas have to be paid?

A parent’s legal obligation to provide child support and medical support in Texas lasts until the child graduates from high school (the child has to meet enrollment and attendance requirements) or turns eighteen whichever is later;  or until the child marries, is emancipated, or dies.  However, a judge can order a parent to pay child support in Texas for a disabled child indefinitely until that disability ends.