Self Supporting 18 year olds

Here's my stress for today...who was the idiot who made the law that non-custodial parents only have to pay child support until the child turns 18 or graduates from high school? I'll bet it was a non-custodial parent who couldn't wait, like my ex, to stop paying for his or her child.

What 18 year old do you know who is completely self supporting and whose parents are not still supporting them in one way or another? Whether it's an actual roof over their head (in most cases at 18) or a college education, few 18 year olds don't need some kind of help from their parents.

And, if a parent would be helping to support said 18 year old if that parent were still living in the family home, why shouldn't they still support said 18 year old when they're off pursuing their wonderful, new life?

Don't even get me started on special needs kids. Their support ends at 21 and then, of course, they can completely make a living on their own and live in their own house without any further support from their parents. Really?

Add to it that my wonderful, looking-out-for-his-daughters'-welfare-ex is sitting on savings bonds that, stupidly were bought jointly in their names and his by their MATERNAL grandparents for their use, that he won't relinquish even though said children are now 18 and 22. But, he claims he's not trying to control any of us. Again, I say, Really?

There's something wrong with "the system" and it ain't fair. Now, I've always lived by the adage that "Life isn't fair, get used to it" but why should my daughters have to fight their own father for what is rightfully theirs? It just doesn't make any sense to me.

And...here's to a completely UN-stressful weekend to all of you!