Child support laws?
I have 2 stepchildren and my husband pays a lot of money to his ex-wife each month in child support. We have a baby on the way. It's my understanding that he can get his support reduced because he has to be able to support all 3 of his children equally. Is this true?
Also, do the courts ever take into consideration the mother's salary when determining child support? His ex-wife makes more money than both my husband and me combined. It seems unfair that he still has to pay her so much support considering this.
Thanks for any input!
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it really depends on the state as to weather or not they will take the mother's wages into consideration. some places (like Maryland) will actually assign a non-working mother with an average salary and then deduct from the child support a percentage relative to the father's income. and some places take into consideration other living expenses. but it really depends on the situation.
your husband can always go to court to have the support payment reduced. but you had better go in with a full financial profile of both of your incomes and your expenses. and have as much information about his ex-wife's income and expenses as possible.
child support is intended to help out the single mother. and to make sure that the children are taken care of. it is not intended to break the father, or make the mother rich or vise versa.
lady he had the pleasure getting those baby
the easiest way to find out is to google your state laws on child support... like texas child support calculator.. most states use both parents income in determining the amount of cs owed. and yes in my state at least, they take into consideration the fact of any other children he has to support. however, you may have to get an attorney to have any court orders amended. which could cost you.
I know in NH that you can ask the court to revisit the court order every 3 years or whenever a substantial change has happened whether it be him or her. Getting married or a gain major gain in wages ect... If you feel that it is unfair have him file for a change in child support order. It may benefit both of you because you are having his child. Yes they do take into consideration the mothers income and each is given a percentage of the child's care dependent on the amount of money each makes.
There is so much variance from state to state, you need to contact an attorney, in so much as her income, it makes no difference what her income is, they base it off a percentage of HIS income only.
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