5086 AAS 3/11/97

SB 5086 - S AMD - 104

    By Senators Patterson and Hargrove

                                                   ADOPTED 3/11/97

    On page 1, line 10 after "education." strike the remainder of the section and insert "The legislature declares determining the amount of, if any, postsecondary support to be provided adult children is primarily the responsibility of the parents regardless of their marital status and should be the subject of judicial consideration only when extraordinary circumstances exist.  Consequently, the legislature intends to modify the ruling in Childers v. Childers, 84 Wn. 2d 592 (1978) and cases which follow the Childers precedent.

    On page 2, line 10, after "age" insert "unless the court finds there are exceptional medical circumstances such as the existence of the child's developmental or chronic functional disability, in which case the court may enter an order for such amount and under such circumstances as are reasonable, considering the circumstances of all parties"

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EFFECT: Allows the court to examine the circumstances of the child and award support to disabled children.