Melle talks about child support legislation

Editor’s note: This version corrects how much Andrea Melle earns working for St. Jude Thaddeus Church.

While high school graduation may feel exciting to some, Havreite Andrea Melle, divorced mother of two adults with autistic spectrum disorders, said the future which follows is filled with uncertainty.

"As a society, we see it as a must that a child is financially supported, legally, through their childhood until the age of majority if there is a divorce or if the parents are not together," Melle said in a written statement to the Legislature. "It should also be a must that a parent help...