I have 3 children I pay child support for. The oldest turned 18 almost 2 years ago. I finally figured out the child support amount will not drop automatically, because now I have only 2 children to support. How do I lower it, or can I even? The calculators only ask the age of my youngest, with no consideration for the age of the oldest. Is this normal? What should I do?
2007-02-01 10:47:57 · 19 answers · asked by Jeff W 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I might also add, we all live in Arizona.
2007-02-01 11:48:45 · update #1
you need to go to the court house an file a petition to modify support. then you will have a hearing by a mediator who will calculate how much you will pay for your 2 remaining children based upon how much both you and their mother make.
2007-02-01 10:52:01 · answer #1 · answered by maggie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to file a petition with the court in which your current order is filed. You do not have to use an attorney, just fill out the paperwork and file it, the court will set a date, appear and request the amount you pay to be reduced and ask that the monies paid to your ex for children over 18 be applied to future payments and have the amount reduced. But check your paperwork carefully....some attorneys add that the child be covered even past 18, if they are enrolled as a full time student up to age 25. Good luck!
2007-02-01 10:56:02 · answer #2 · answered by Becky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm.. well i hate to tell you your support will not go down that much for one child being of age. it is cheaper to more children ( as dumb as that may sound ). in some states ( like NY) you have to pay child support until the child is 21 even if they are not in college and like in Ohio you are done paying child support when the child turns 18 even if they have not graduated from high school . as someone mentioned in some states you may have to pay support until they are finished with college or age 24. you need to check with you child support agency in the state you live .
2007-02-01 11:55:39 · answer #3 · answered by <3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call the child support agency but a friend of mine was getting paid child support for her son, her ex also had 2 other kids by another women. When those two kids turned 18, their mother stopped getting payments but my friends child support was increased. (this is in Australia)
2007-02-01 10:52:55 · answer #4 · answered by wickedly_funny66 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to petition the court and show why you shouldn't pay child support. Typically, you pay until they turn 22, or 18 if they aren't going to college.
2007-02-01 10:52:47 · answer #5 · answered by Scott K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually once a child turns 18 you don't have to pay child support. It also depends on how old your children are, the older they get the less you pay. You might want to speak with a family law attorney.
2007-02-01 10:54:15 · answer #6 · answered by Jenn 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You need to go back to the court that assigned the child support and petition to have it reduced due to one of the children reaching their majority. You can usually do this without an attorney.
2007-02-01 10:50:48 · answer #7 · answered by sczingal 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe that once they turn 18, you no longer have to pay for them. Just th other two now. Your payments should be dropped automatically. Devide the previous amount by three and then multiply that by two and that should be the approximate amount of what you should be paying. Another words, your payments should be cut by a third.
2007-02-01 10:52:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it isn't in any respect too previous by using get the money it really is owed to you. Have your mom employ a privet investor and then have her tell the police officials so he should be arrested. >> I stay in Indiana too all you opt on to do is call all the way down to the youngster help place of work once a week and enable them understand that he's in the back of on his baby help which will inspire them to check out the case and music him down. My ex husband grow to be $7,000 in the back of at the same time as he were given despatched to detention middle for a three hundred and sixty 5 days on a legal charge of not paying his baby help which via how grow to be in hardship-free words $70 a week for 2 little ones. they could positioned out a warrant for his arrest and he will serve his time. and should be courtroom ordered to pay your mom a million/2 the cost of the funeral in the journey that your brother grow to be less than the age of 18 at the same time as he died.
2016-12-03 08:16:17 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell your oldest to get a job and not go to college.
2007-02-01 10:53:10 · answer #10 · answered by Carrie B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋