Termination of support is the ending of a child support or spousal maintenance obligation by operation of law, court order, emancipation, or another qualifying event specified in the decree.

For child support the decree should specify the termination date for each child. For spousal maintenance the decree should specify whether the obligation terminates at a fixed date, upon remarriage, upon cohabitation, upon death, or upon some other event.

When support terminates but the other party continues to receive payments through a wage assignment the wage assignment must be terminated through the court.