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This bill modifies Tennessee law regarding child support obligations, primarily by establishing a new age limit for when parental support responsibilities end. Generally, a parent's duty to support a child will cease once the child turns 19 years old. However, this bill creates an exception: if a child is handicapped or disabled, the obligation for child support can continue beyond the age of 19. The bill also clarifies that support obligations can continue past a child's 18th birthday if they are still enrolled in an accredited high school, extending until graduation or until their graduating class graduates, whichever comes first, but still subject to the overall 19-year-old limit unless the child is handicapped or disabled. These changes are being made to specific sections of Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) that deal with child support, including provisions related to the Department of Human Services' administration of child support cases.

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