What is the test for determining whether a trial court has jurisdiction to order child support when the child is a minor?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Marriage of Whitney, In re, 139 Cal.Rptr. 324, 71 Cal.App.3d 179 (Cal. App. 1977):
Petitioner relies on In re Marriage of Pilcher (1975), 51 Cal.App.3d 142, 123 Cal.Rptr. 868, and urges that, under section 4351 of the Civil Code, the trial court had jurisdiction to order support of children only during their minority. In Sheldon v. Superior Court (1967), 257 Cal.App.2d 541, at page 544, 65 Cal.Rptr. 59, the court noted that it was entirely proper for a court to
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