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Question for our friend...we live in Florida.
He divorced 2 years ago, he has shared custody and primary residence of his two little girls. His ex lives close, but hardly sees or calls the kids. She was absent for two months without even a call before finally taking the kids for their two weeks with her for the summer. It isn't unusual for her to go several weeks without contacting her children.
My friend recently petitioned for a modification of the custody/support. He is asking for sole custody since mom isn't participating in the shared situation. She was not asked to pay child support at first because my friend wanted her to get on her feet first. Now she is as stable as she is going to get. She works under the table with her boyfriend so has no "real" income. He is sure she will counter the modification by asking to have custody of the children herself, but the kids are much better off where they are. They haven't had to get lawyers yet,been doing all the paperwork themselves.
Can she be excused from paying support because she supposedly has no job and custodial dad has a good one? My friend just wants her to share in the responsibility of the children and is asking for very little. Is mom's refusing to see the kids regularly and not participating in their care grounds to have the custody modified from shared to sole?
He divorced 2 years ago, he has shared custody and primary residence of his two little girls. His ex lives close, but hardly sees or calls the kids. She was absent for two months without even a call before finally taking the kids for their two weeks with her for the summer. It isn't unusual for her to go several weeks without contacting her children.
My friend recently petitioned for a modification of the custody/support. He is asking for sole custody since mom isn't participating in the shared situation. She was not asked to pay child support at first because my friend wanted her to get on her feet first. Now she is as stable as she is going to get. She works under the table with her boyfriend so has no "real" income. He is sure she will counter the modification by asking to have custody of the children herself, but the kids are much better off where they are. They haven't had to get lawyers yet,been doing all the paperwork themselves.
Can she be excused from paying support because she supposedly has no job and custodial dad has a good one? My friend just wants her to share in the responsibility of the children and is asking for very little. Is mom's refusing to see the kids regularly and not participating in their care grounds to have the custody modified from shared to sole?