Liver function tests (LFTs or LFs) are groups of blood tests that give information about the state of a patient's liver. These tests include prothrombin time (PT/INR), aPTT, albumin, bilirubin (direct and indirect), and others. Liver transaminases (AST or SGOT and ALT or SGPT) are useful biomarkers of liver injury in a patient with some degree of intact liver function. Most liver diseases cause only mild symptoms initially, but these diseases must be detected early. Hepatic (liver) involvement in some diseases can be of crucial importance.
A Massachusetts child support order may end when a child turns 18, but also may continue up to the child's 23rd birthday, depending on the child's circumstances and the order of the court. Return to Top. 13.
Generally, the obligation to support a particular child ends when the child reaches age 18, but if the child continues enrollment in high school following age 18, then the support obligation continues until the first to occur of the child graduating (or withdrawing from high school) or reaching age 19.