War on Divorce
Added details to previous question about child support.....?
Below is my previous questions....let me just say my wife and I had been married for 16 years and we have a 12 year old son.I have tried to make it work out but I have busted her cheating on me several several times.This is why I am divorcing,I am not some young chump who just left his family. Two other questions I have: Is the child support the only thing I give or if my son needs something do I still give that?Or should the $165 take care of everything? I just filed for divorce 2 weeks ago and the lawyer called me yesterday to let me know I had to pay $165 a week for one child. I about fell outta my seat....$660 a month!!!!! I make a yearly salary of $44,000.I know a guy that only pays $450 for two kids but I don't know how much he makes, I know he works for the state.But the lawyer told me the laws on child support has changed.Did the laws change? Does this sound accurate?Why so much?It's gonna be hard for me to pay my own bills plus drive 200 miles to get him every other weekend!
Public Comments
- It sucks. There really ought to be exceptions. The guys who actually do pay it get screwed while all of the guys the laws are all toughened up for fall through the cracks. You care about your child, you don't deserve all of that. But that is the system - it sucks.
- Child support is figured on a percentage of what you make!! It is different in every state!! As far as giving your kid what they need the $165 should take care of most of it, but you still need to buy him b-day gifts, x-mas gifts and may wind up being responsible for his medical bills!!! Use you own judgment!! If your child ever asks will you buy me that, do not ever say no i gave your Mom $165 this week ask her!! It will make him feel horrible!! I have been there when i was a kid and hated!!! Good luck!!
- $600 a month is about right for most places for child support if one parent has full custody. The biggest mistake fathers make in a divorce is giving up full custody to the mother because that is how the bias has always been. I have my children 1/2 the time and my child support is 1/2 what it could have been had I given her full custody. If your lawyer said the child support laws changed, I would have to say he probably knows. It depends on what state you are in, but I do know the child support calculator here was changed two years ago. Perhaps you should seek shared custody and get the children 1/2 the time and that way your child support could be reduced.
- My friend it is what it is. However you need to fire your attorney. Only and I mean only a judge could determine how much you have to pay for child support. A little advise: Pay something for child support. Even it it's only $200.00 or $300.00 a month. Go to court A.S.A.P. That way a judgment will be filed against you to pay support and there is no questions about how much you should have to pay. And don't worry about paying any back pay. At this time there is no judgment against you.
- My husband pays his ex 850.00 a month for one child. It's very hard for us, because he makes about what you do. We can't even think about having our own child, because we can't afford it. And everytime he gets a tiny pay increase, some how she finds out and takes him back to court for more money. And now we just found out she is moving again out of state and for us to see the child, we will have to pay airfare. Sometimes things just are not fair. Good Luck
