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Old 02-12-2008, 03:07 PM
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What is the name of your state? PA
My spouse and I were married in May 1998. I left in July 2005. He filed for divorce in January 2006. He is on permanent disability (disability during the marriage) and he claims he can't work, however he does work off the books. His disability is about $900 per month. He also lives with his girlfriend. I have custody of both children. One (15 yr old daughter) from a previous marriage and one (10 yr old daughter) that is his child. We reside with my mother and share expenses for the household. I work and earn about $3300 per month before taxes plus receive $465 from social security for my youngest on spouses claim. I pay all medical, dental, vision for everyone including spouse. He has recently filed papers for alimony and spousal support. Can anyone let me know, if I can't prove he has income off the books and or cohabitates, what kind of money I would be looking at paying him? I currently do have anattorney, however I sometimes don't know if any of them really give you the facts other than what they want to tell you to keep the checks rolling in.
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What is the name of your state? PA
My spouse and I were married in May 1998. I left in July 2005. He filed for divorce in January 2006. He is on permanent disability (disability during the marriage) and he claims he can't work, however he does work off the books. His disability is about $900 per month. He also lives with his girlfriend. I have custody of both children. One (15 yr old daughter) from a previous marriage and one (10 yr old daughter) that is his child. We reside with my mother and share expenses for the household. I work and earn about $3300 per month before taxes plus receive $465 from social security for my youngest on spouses claim. I pay all medical, dental, vision for everyone including spouse. He has recently filed papers for alimony and spousal support. Can anyone let me know, if I can't prove he has income off the books and or cohabitates, what kind of money I would be looking at paying him? I currently do have anattorney, however I sometimes don't know if any of them really give you the facts other than what they want to tell you to keep the checks rolling in.
No, no one can guess that. There are a lot of variables.
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Old 02-12-2008, 03:19 PM
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No, no one can guess that. There are a lot of variables.
Oh no, we can guess. We just won't be anywhere near accurate.

I guess 5
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And why do I know that? Because I know that you are a GOOD parent. I know that you are a parent who puts your child FIRST.
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You clearly love your child, are a great father...
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Old 02-12-2008, 03:22 PM
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Oh no, we can guess. We just won't be anywhere near accurate.

I guess 5

I am so ashamed. I can't believe I wrote a sentence with such a large logic-hole within it!

On the other hand, I'm usually pretty snazzy, so I'm not going to die of a lack of self-esteem or anything.

Oh, and I guess y=m+2%. Legal formulas are usually complicated, so I went with that.
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I was just hoping maybe someone had some idea of the calculation in PA. How the one child I solely support would come into play, etc. Thanks for the input.
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I was just hoping maybe someone had some idea of the calculation in PA. How the one child I solely support would come into play, etc. Thanks for the input.
CHILD support is completely different from SPOUSAL support. It's easy to calculate CS -- google a calcualtor online for your state. (Assuming, of course, that you legally are the CP.)
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[url]http://www.alllaw.com/calculators/childsupport/pennsylvania/[/url]
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I was just hoping maybe someone had some idea of the calculation in PA. How the one child I solely support would come into play, etc. Thanks for the input.
You might get a ballpark idea from this link:

[url]http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/231/chapter1910/s1910.16-4.html[/url]

It includes child support and spousal support guidelines. Hope it's helpful.
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In response to Silverplum, I know that they are different, however they are also figured in conjunction with one another. One will figure into the other for means of an amount due. In othewords, What I would be liable to pay him in SS should be reduced by what he should pay in CS and what I pay to solely support the oldest daughter. Thanks for your help though.
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That was a terrific link, perroloco2. Great job!
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In response to Silverplum, I know that they are different, however they are also figured in conjunction with one another. One will figure into the other for means of an amount due. In othewords, What I would be liable to pay him in SS should be reduced by what he should pay in CS and what I pay to solely support the oldest daughter. Thanks for your help though.
Okay.
Discuss alimony/spousal in this area; discuss child support in another.

So many new posters do not know a single word of legalese -- we have to be really vigilant that they are not off on the wrong track, so to speak. I'm just checking on what it is you really want. We get questions in the wrong threads all the time.
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Wow... (blushing) thanks!
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what I pay to solely support the oldest daughter.
Just caught this -- make sure that PA allows such. Many states don't account for this.
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I AM asking about Spousal support. Maybe there is no one here who can help me with this. Sorry for any confusion. Thanks for the link.
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Wow... (blushing) thanks!
No, thank you. It was excellent.
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