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My fiancee has an ex-husband that pays his child support on a mostly-regular basis. That's the good part. Now for the bad part: Since their divorce, my fiancee's income has more than doubled from $26,000/year to appx. $54,000. He is not aware of the amount of increase, but knows that it has gone up. Two times over the last year, he has decided he wanted a voluntary reduction of support. She has agreed with it, mainly to keep from going back to court and having the support payment decreased even more. Per the divorce decree, he is also to pay half of all additional expenses, such as medical care, school costs, camps/programs, etc. She has not asked him to pay for any of that as well. He has not seen his son in over a year and a half and rarely sees his two daughters. My question is this: I know he will continue to play the payment reduction game. Is it worth calling his bluff and refuse to voluntarily reduce? Should we give him a bill for the additional expenses (easily a few thousand dollars) and take him to court when he refuses to pay it? Or, should we just be happy he is paying something and continue to play his game? Obviously I can't change someone's cold heart that wants nothing to do with their children (and I'm happy to try to make up for it with my love and support), but it just burns me up that he doesn't see his children and wants pay less than he has been ordered to pay. Additional info: His annual salary is somewhere between $35-40,000/year and we live in Indiana.
Thank you in advance for any advice you might have.
Thank you in advance for any advice you might have.