Question juridique clé
Whether maintenance for an adult child may be ordered in divorce proceedings when the child was already of age at the time the action was filed.
Solution extraite
No. The divorce or measures judge may set maintenance for an adult child only if the child reaches majority after the action has been filed.
Motifs extraits
The wording 'beyond majority' presupposes that majority has not yet occurred at the decisive time. Legislative history and the link to child allocation also support limiting competence to cases where majority occurs during the pending proceedings.