abstract99
Senior Member
What is the name of your state? Indiana I believe
My firend fiancee is running into a problem. He currrently sends his ex well over 50% of his paycheck each month for child support. There is no court order requiring him to do so. The child is 3 years old. He has been sending so much because he is constantly on the road and up until him and his fiancee bought a house, had no solid residence and thus no bills to pay. They up until recently have always gotten along and he was doing this for his child. His place of employment paid for him to stay in hotels because of the travel involved in the job. He has now been paying less but mind you, this is still without a court order requiring him to do so. His ex is now threatening to take him to court to have it assigned at the amount he was paying (roughy $1500 a month for one child when he makes about $2000). I was under the impression that without a court order his payments were considered cash contributions. He now wants to go to court and have an order for a specific amount entered to get his ex off of his back. He wants to know if he should stop paying until an order is entered and simply set some money aside each month and pay that towards any retroactive support or should he keep paying and hope the courts count what he is paying as support?
My firend fiancee is running into a problem. He currrently sends his ex well over 50% of his paycheck each month for child support. There is no court order requiring him to do so. The child is 3 years old. He has been sending so much because he is constantly on the road and up until him and his fiancee bought a house, had no solid residence and thus no bills to pay. They up until recently have always gotten along and he was doing this for his child. His place of employment paid for him to stay in hotels because of the travel involved in the job. He has now been paying less but mind you, this is still without a court order requiring him to do so. His ex is now threatening to take him to court to have it assigned at the amount he was paying (roughy $1500 a month for one child when he makes about $2000). I was under the impression that without a court order his payments were considered cash contributions. He now wants to go to court and have an order for a specific amount entered to get his ex off of his back. He wants to know if he should stop paying until an order is entered and simply set some money aside each month and pay that towards any retroactive support or should he keep paying and hope the courts count what he is paying as support?
