I took my ex back to court to get more money for child support. He was given a large inheiratence a year after we split up. We were never married and had a son together. Just this last week I took him back to raise my support from $1000 a month to hope fully $2000 a month but was willing to settle for $1500. And instead the asshole judge cuts my support form $1000 to $500! How am I supposed to live on that with my child? Its hard enough to get by. And do you think my ex would give me some money to buy a cheap place for our son? No! He's out living it up and going to "college". What can I do to get more money from my ex? Can I take him back to court? Is there someone out there that can help me? I really have no money!
2007-11-12 08:00:18 · 17 answers · asked by Equality for all! 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I'm looking for help with money support for my child, He's 5 and in school. The jobs I looked for don't pay enough and I was better off making the $1000 a month. It helped us both out while I am living with my mother. I'm looking for ways I can re increase the payment not crticizim!
2007-11-12 08:10:45 · update #1
I chose no best answer because I asked for help and all of you assholes gave me some "Flim Flam" answers. I hope your happy that a little boy suffers you racist!
2007-11-14 14:51:03 · update #2
You can help yourself.
Why not let your ex have his child, and you won't have to worry about child support. He seems to be in a better position to provide for the child.
2007-11-12 08:05:03 · answer #1 · answered by Yahoo Answer Angel 6 · 8⤊ 1⤋
listen atleast you HAVE a mother to help you out,
as a former single mother,
I receive only 60 bucks per week,
Which I never received
yo were foolish to think that he owed you more than what you were getting,
what you did was greedy, and the Judge agreed,
YOUR need for the money, has nothing to do with the child,
You are supposed to support this child aswell
His 1000 was supporting the 2 of you,
it would have payed the rent, and all you had to do was get a part time job
PLus your mom could have paid her half of the rent, and
you could have lived off of the 500 dollars
BUT you decided that you needed 2000 a MONTH
500 a week I don't even live off of that much with my husband and 3 children,
We spend and live off of 1 income and he is an accountant
for groceries and everything else
$1000 for a family of 5 per month
this doesn't include mortgage payment,
But honestly, why did you think he owed you MORE than that?
Because you Need more to live better, its not his responsibility to HELP YOU,
you need to also HELP your child, and THEN help your self,
and don't tell me you can't find a job because at 5 he can be in school full time,
Why not pretent you ex doesn't exist
what would you do then,
Meg
2007-11-12 08:51:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, it's his inheritance and not part of any court ordered deal. It is not income, so it cannot be considered for child support.
Second, if the guy is paying more than say, 28% of his regular income for a single child, then the courts will reduce it.
Third, are you working? You should not expect that your ex pay for your expenses, which it doesn't really sound like, but I hope that is not the case.
College is good. Why is college good? He gets a degree, he makes more money, and THAT is income. THEN, when he gets that high paying job, you can go back and petition the court to reconsider their reduction in your child support payment on the basis of the father now making more money, and the child should not suffer the consequences.
Instead of suing him, you could have asked nicely for the money. I don't know the situation behind your break-up, but it hopefully was amiable enough for you and he to talk things out. You've ticked him off now, with the lawsuit, so I don't know how far you'd get.
Be aware though, the man can get sick of all these law suits and try to fight you for custody and then make YOU pay HIM child support for the child.
What goes around comes around...
Kate
2007-11-12 08:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by Kathryn P 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You are not supposed to live off of that. You are supposed to have your own job and use that money as supplemental income to care for your child. Just because he had a child with you doesn't give you a blank check to never work and have someone send you a monthly check to live off of.
You can take him back to court. However, judges usually side with the women in cases of child support. So either the judge truly believes the father can't afford $1000 a month (that is my mortgage payment.....quite a bit of money). Or you did something to upset the judge.
As for the inheritance ...that is his, not yours. You did nothing to earn it with him so it wouldn't be fair to him if the judge suddenly decided he should pay you more based on him suddenly coming into some money.
2007-11-12 08:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by Kenneth C 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-11 06:55:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Child support is based on income of the parents. The judge has very little discretion in the amount of support that he sets as an order. Obviously the father of your child had a significant decrease in his income that warranted a drop in the child support by 50%.
Yes you can take him back to court but child support will not be increased until there is some significant change in the father's income.
Do understand that child support is paid for the support of the child...it is not meant as a means to take care of you. If you do not have a job you need to find one post haste. What the father of the child does with his money is his business as long as he makes his court ordered child support on a monthly basis.
2007-11-12 08:19:37 · answer #6 · answered by malter 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The first thing that you have to do is realize that you are getting child support about 50% of parents that owed support aren't getting it. Aside from that you are coming off as lazy because you are stating that you took him back to get 2000 a month and you live at home with your mother. If you cant handle getting a job and raising your child on your own then you don't deserve to have one. I get 274 a month in support when my ex decides to pay. On top of that he owes me 5000 in back support. So I say that you are doing pretty well. You can't be mad at him for going to school in hopes of bettering himself when you can do something for yourself. Instead of looking for handouts be a woman and work.
2007-11-12 08:41:14 · answer #7 · answered by TELO 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would have assume that the original court-ordered payment was based on the income of both parents and the number of children (both theirs and any others either may have had beforehand) involved.
From what you wrote in your question, two things changed (in terms of income) since the first assessment.
- - You took a job and started to earn money (and therefore your amount owed as support goes down).
- - He went back to college, and presumably took less hours or a lower-paying job to allow him to do so (and therefore your amount of support goes down).
His inheritance happened outside the relationship, therefore it cannot be included in the calculation. Also, it isn't considered "income" ... or more exactly, it isn't considered "taxable income"; this means it has no bearing on the amount of support paid to you for the child in question.
Lastly - child support is to help cover the expenses of raising a child ONLY. It is not designed as a means of supporting both child and parent.
2007-11-12 08:30:38 · answer #8 · answered by CanTexan 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Wow, you live with your mother and live off your child's money. The judje was wrong. He should've given full custody to your ex, you are too selfish to be a mother. Get a job.
(BTW, having child support reduced from 1000 to 500 is what you get for being too ambitious).
2007-11-12 08:44:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
1. Support is based on income not cash on hand. There are a few exceptions when someone is earning significantly below their potential.
2. "How am I supposed to live on that with my child?" - You are not supposed to live off of that. Child support is supposed to cover *part* of the increased cost of raising the child.
3. "What can I do to get more money from my ex?" - He is not your ATM.
4. "Can I take him back to court?" - Sure. How well did that work out for you last time?
2007-11-12 08:06:48 · answer #10 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 11⤊ 0⤋
What do you not get? It's called "child" support! It's is support for you to help the child. Now do your part and help support your child! Make it easier on yourself and give him to his father, since it sounds like hes so much of a burden to ya! You will always get some sort of criticism here on Yahoo, especially with this question. Get over it!
2007-11-12 08:28:22 · answer #11 · answered by Snappy Answers 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋