uglytobone
Junior Member
Texas here.
As part of our divorce settlement my wife was assigned the responsibility of a loan that was in both of our names and used my car as collateral. Last night my car was repossessed because of non-payment on the loan. My ex is just gawd-awful with money, and there is the possibility that she may have allowed this to occur out of vindictiveness-- although she would never admit to that. She assured me just a few days ago that I was in no danger of getting my car repoed.
Anyway... I had to pay off the loan balance plus additional fees to get my car back. Can I legally deduct the amount I had to pay from future child support?
I think our arrangement is very generous to her. Because my income is greater than hers, I pay full support even though we have 50/50 joint custody. There are also additional stipulations in the decree for clothing, school and medical expenses as well as college.
I will not necessarily try to recoup this money... but I would like to know if I could legally withhold CS funds if I choose to do so.
Thank you for your advice.
As part of our divorce settlement my wife was assigned the responsibility of a loan that was in both of our names and used my car as collateral. Last night my car was repossessed because of non-payment on the loan. My ex is just gawd-awful with money, and there is the possibility that she may have allowed this to occur out of vindictiveness-- although she would never admit to that. She assured me just a few days ago that I was in no danger of getting my car repoed.
Anyway... I had to pay off the loan balance plus additional fees to get my car back. Can I legally deduct the amount I had to pay from future child support?
I think our arrangement is very generous to her. Because my income is greater than hers, I pay full support even though we have 50/50 joint custody. There are also additional stipulations in the decree for clothing, school and medical expenses as well as college.
I will not necessarily try to recoup this money... but I would like to know if I could legally withhold CS funds if I choose to do so.
Thank you for your advice.