JillianKelly
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Indiana
I am the father of an 7 year old(this is my wife's screen name!). I have visitation everyother weekend, my parents have my daughter at least 3 days and 3 nights a week. Her mother does not work. Okay those are the facts now I'll tell you the circumstances. Three years a go my ex wife took me to court asking for a raise in child support. Litteraly that is what she wrote on the court summons it said "I'd like a child support increase." She had taken me to court at least 3 times a year prior to this everytime she got angry. But anyway in Indiana the support is taken from your combined income as though the marriage never dissolved. She was working and had been for early a year making decent money, And talking behind my back about her "plan" to get more money. Well, we go to court they raise my support from $275 a month to $425 a month, plus 80% and all deductibles on insurance. Anyway within the next week she had quit her job, taken my daughter out of daycare and the pre school she was in. Those two things were what she asked the judge for money to pay for. She hasn't worked since then, now my child is in public school. Now, I've paid this (never even been late) and have delt with this amount of money but my question is, is this how it works? I feel very taken by this and have since it happened, my current wife just says "pay it and go on", but how is it right that people are screwing the system? Is what she did in anyway illegal or is it just immorral? It wouldn't be so bad if everyone didn't know that this was her "plan". Also I have another question that I have no clue if it is even relevent: My wife is 5 months pregnant, does a judge take into consideration other children or that type of expense in a child support order? I probably wouldn't be worth it to go to court but I just wondered if support ever got lowered for the addition of new babies. Thank You in advance.
I am the father of an 7 year old(this is my wife's screen name!). I have visitation everyother weekend, my parents have my daughter at least 3 days and 3 nights a week. Her mother does not work. Okay those are the facts now I'll tell you the circumstances. Three years a go my ex wife took me to court asking for a raise in child support. Litteraly that is what she wrote on the court summons it said "I'd like a child support increase." She had taken me to court at least 3 times a year prior to this everytime she got angry. But anyway in Indiana the support is taken from your combined income as though the marriage never dissolved. She was working and had been for early a year making decent money, And talking behind my back about her "plan" to get more money. Well, we go to court they raise my support from $275 a month to $425 a month, plus 80% and all deductibles on insurance. Anyway within the next week she had quit her job, taken my daughter out of daycare and the pre school she was in. Those two things were what she asked the judge for money to pay for. She hasn't worked since then, now my child is in public school. Now, I've paid this (never even been late) and have delt with this amount of money but my question is, is this how it works? I feel very taken by this and have since it happened, my current wife just says "pay it and go on", but how is it right that people are screwing the system? Is what she did in anyway illegal or is it just immorral? It wouldn't be so bad if everyone didn't know that this was her "plan". Also I have another question that I have no clue if it is even relevent: My wife is 5 months pregnant, does a judge take into consideration other children or that type of expense in a child support order? I probably wouldn't be worth it to go to court but I just wondered if support ever got lowered for the addition of new babies. Thank You in advance.
