What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Kansas
About my ex:
-College graduate. Graduated in 2004. Has been gainfully employed since graduation and worked 1 or more jobs during college to pay the bills.
-Has worked at a job for over 5 years that paid about $45,000/year
-Has no disabilities
About our situation:
-We have a 50/50 custody arrangement with joint legal and residential.
-I wind up doing over 50% of the custody time.
-I pay her the full amount of child support ordered by the state and have never missed a payment.
-I already pay her for my contribution towards his health care as part of child support (which she no longer provides since it was through her old employer). I now ALSO pay for his health care in FULL through my employer, which works out to about 30-40% more a month in addition to the child support I already pay her.
-Ex got "fired"
---Emailed me that her department downsized.
---Posted on Facebook that she used to joke with her boss about what a horrible job she always did.
---Told her family it was partially because she showed up late every day.
What my ex has communicated to me in writing
-She has written that she has NO intention of reimbursing me for the substantial increase in health care costs that I pay in full. In fact, she messaged me that she expects me to start paying her A LOT more child support very soon.
-She posted on Facebook months before "getting fired" that she was planning to quit her job and go back to school full time.
-She wrote me that she has no intention of looking for a job (for at least 16 months---through the entire year of 2012).
-She wrote that she intends to have no income in 2012.
-She wrote me that she she is applying for unemployment and is in fact disputing the department of labors denial to grant her long term unemployment (i.e. through 2012)
-She wrote me that she is applying for food stamps.
-She plans to cash out her 401k and retirement funds and live off that as well as student loans and grants.
What I'm trying to figure out:
-How do I go about imputing income for my ex? She has told me that she plans to claim zero income on the upcoming request to modify child support and has implied that I'm going to owe her a lot more money. It just doesn't seem right that an able bodied person with a solid income history can just up and decide they're going to stop earning money and look to their co-parent to pick up the slack.
About my ex:
-College graduate. Graduated in 2004. Has been gainfully employed since graduation and worked 1 or more jobs during college to pay the bills.
-Has worked at a job for over 5 years that paid about $45,000/year
-Has no disabilities
About our situation:
-We have a 50/50 custody arrangement with joint legal and residential.
-I wind up doing over 50% of the custody time.
-I pay her the full amount of child support ordered by the state and have never missed a payment.
-I already pay her for my contribution towards his health care as part of child support (which she no longer provides since it was through her old employer). I now ALSO pay for his health care in FULL through my employer, which works out to about 30-40% more a month in addition to the child support I already pay her.
-Ex got "fired"
---Emailed me that her department downsized.
---Posted on Facebook that she used to joke with her boss about what a horrible job she always did.
---Told her family it was partially because she showed up late every day.
What my ex has communicated to me in writing
-She has written that she has NO intention of reimbursing me for the substantial increase in health care costs that I pay in full. In fact, she messaged me that she expects me to start paying her A LOT more child support very soon.
-She posted on Facebook months before "getting fired" that she was planning to quit her job and go back to school full time.
-She wrote me that she has no intention of looking for a job (for at least 16 months---through the entire year of 2012).
-She wrote that she intends to have no income in 2012.
-She wrote me that she she is applying for unemployment and is in fact disputing the department of labors denial to grant her long term unemployment (i.e. through 2012)
-She wrote me that she is applying for food stamps.
-She plans to cash out her 401k and retirement funds and live off that as well as student loans and grants.
What I'm trying to figure out:
-How do I go about imputing income for my ex? She has told me that she plans to claim zero income on the upcoming request to modify child support and has implied that I'm going to owe her a lot more money. It just doesn't seem right that an able bodied person with a solid income history can just up and decide they're going to stop earning money and look to their co-parent to pick up the slack.
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