Delaware Child Support Laws
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There are specific child support guidelines that will determine how much child support should be paid. Child support typically can't be waived by the parents, although a judge might decide this on a case-by-case basis, looking at all factors. If you and your spouse agree to an amount of child support that's different than the guidelines would order, the judge will decide if that amount is in the child's best interests.

Child support terminates in Delaware when the minor child reaches 18 years of age; provided, however, that if a child over 18 is still enrolled in high school, then child support terminates when the child receives a high school diploma or attains the age of 19, whichever event first occurs. Arrears or past due child support doesn't terminate until it has been fully paid.

-From Section § 517 of the Delaware Code.

 

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Other pages on Delaware divorce laws:
General Delaware Divorce Laws
Alimony Divorce Laws in Delaware
Delaware Child Custody Laws
Delaware Child Support Laws
Delaware Laws on Property Division

 

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This information has been summarized from the Delaware statutes. You can find the full-text version of these and other Delaware divorce statutes online here: Delaware Divorce Laws.