What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? WA
Hopefully someone has some experience in this case... recently I have been temporarily ordered to pay my wife 50% of my pay, 55% of daycare, and 90% of the monthly credit card debt. This leaves me about $1000 a month to live on, I kid you not.
I am racking up debt like mad already because I have no choice but to live on my own.
The above includes about $700 a month in spousal support. Our income is like this: me 55% and she 45%. So you can see that we have similar income levels. She currently gets to reside in the home, I do not. We also have 3 children that she will have primary care, I will only get to have them 2 days a week.
We don't have much equity in the home. So I guess the question that is making me lose sleep, could this be in my permanent future to have to pay this amount of money? Surely I don't mind at all paying to help raise the kids, but this will put me living in my car here soon. Anyone care to look into the future?
She cannot afford the home and expenses on her own, just not possible.
Thanks for any thoughts!
Hopefully someone has some experience in this case... recently I have been temporarily ordered to pay my wife 50% of my pay, 55% of daycare, and 90% of the monthly credit card debt. This leaves me about $1000 a month to live on, I kid you not.
I am racking up debt like mad already because I have no choice but to live on my own.
The above includes about $700 a month in spousal support. Our income is like this: me 55% and she 45%. So you can see that we have similar income levels. She currently gets to reside in the home, I do not. We also have 3 children that she will have primary care, I will only get to have them 2 days a week.
We don't have much equity in the home. So I guess the question that is making me lose sleep, could this be in my permanent future to have to pay this amount of money? Surely I don't mind at all paying to help raise the kids, but this will put me living in my car here soon. Anyone care to look into the future?
She cannot afford the home and expenses on her own, just not possible.
Thanks for any thoughts!