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Family

Jul. 12, 2014

Specific intent to restrict adult child support modifications

A recent family law opinion found that parties may restrict the court's jurisdiction to modify adult child support, but to do so they must expressly and specifically state that their agreement. By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Ann M. Moder


By Mitchell A. Jacobs and Ann M. Moder


In In re Marriage of Rosenfeld and Gross, 225 Cal. App. 4th 278 (2104), the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 3, concluded that the parties' stipulation to pay their minor children's college expenses, contained in their judgment for dissolution of marriage, resulted in a child support order. In addition, because the parties did not expressly restrict the court's authority to modify the parties' o...

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