jurisdiction of CS when both parents are military

[kytweetybird]

What is the name of your state? Kentucky

My ex-wife and I are both employed with the USAF. Our child support order is thru KY, but we no longer reside in KY due to the military moves. I am a current resident of KY, as in the military our residence doesn't change due to the multiple moves. Our income has greatly increased since the initial child support order, so I am awaiting the papers from my ex-wife for a new court date asking for an increase in child support . My question is, can my ex-wife have the jurisdiction of child support moved to the state she resides in or is there something I can do to keep the jurisdiction in KY? I am thinking she will try to have it moved to the state she resides in because the increase will be a lot more in her state than in KY. Any suggestions? Thanks

 

[LdiJ]

What is the name of your state? Kentucky

My ex-wife and I are both employed with the USAF. Our child support order is thru KY, but we no longer reside in KY due to the military moves. I am a current resident of KY, as in the military our residence doesn't change due to the multiple moves. Our income has greatly increased since the initial child support order, so I am awaiting the papers from my ex-wife for a new court date asking for an increase in child support . My question is, can my ex-wife have the jurisdiction of child support moved to the state she resides in or is there something I can do to keep the jurisdiction in KY? I am thinking she will try to have it moved to the state she resides in because the increase will be a lot more in her state than in KY. Any suggestions? Thanks

Since the orders were originally made in KY, and you still live there, I doubt that mom would be able to get jurisdiction changed. There are laws in place to avoid parents being able to "jurisdiction shop" in order to get a better deal. However, that doesn't mean that she can't use her local CS agency to handle the case for her....but KY guidelines would still need to be used.

 

[kytweetybird]

Thanks for the advice. I sure you are right in that KY guidelines will be used during the modifications. I'll update again after the court date.
Thanks again