question re. child income

[jyoung]

I'm preparing for a contempt hearing Nov. 1 from my motion filed re. visitation. Ex-wife in Florida is making plans to take daughter to NY to further pursue acting career which has been fairly successful down here. Daughter is eight, Mom has been what most would presume to be underemployed for the last six years as she lives at my former in-laws home expense free and has tons of time to be a stage mom and pursue my childs career. I know you can never be assured of what happens in court but would a judge be inclined to accept her argument that her "job" is to manage this kids career?
I am not at all sure how much money the child
has made as although I have shared joint custody I have been supportive of the childs
career but not involved. Am I entitled to know what the kid makes and what the mom's cut is and where the rest of the money goes?
I pay 100% of the child support based on the
original divorce agreement six years ago.
If anyone has thoughts to assist me prep my
argument to keep her in Florida, I would appreciate it.

[This message has been edited by jyoung (edited October 05, 2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jyoung:
[b]Am I entitled to know what the kid makes and what the mom's cut is [/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, because it can be used to deviate from the Florida Child Support Guidelines. If a child has income then that can be used in the CS calculations. Also, if the mother is taking a cut (which she obviously would be) then that is also money that would be used to calculate CS.