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My wife and her ex-husband want their daughter to go to college. They have a joint custody arrangement and have shared child support expenses, more or less. Since college expenses will likely be considerable, I drew up an agreement regarding the sharing of those expenses to be signed by my wife and her ex-husband. (I'm not an attorney, but I'm no dummy either.) The key provision contemplates that the expenses will be shared in proportion to the earned incomes of my wife and her ex-husband, who makes nearly twice what my wife makes. We expect that he will not agree to this arrangement.
Obviously it would be preferable (less expensive) to reach an agreement without taking the matter before a judge. But if the ex-husband does not agree to accept his reasonable responsibility, legal action may be our only option.
1. College expenses are burdensome enough without adding attorney's fees to that. Is it possible to take this matter before a judge ourselves, without expensive legal representation? How inadvisable is this?
2. Isn't the proposed sharing arrangement (in proportion to my wife's and her ex-husband's earned incomes) reasonable? Wouldn't a judge agree that is a reasonable arrangement?
3. My income is not that considerable, and my wife's ex-husband is getting remarried this summer to a woman with income comparable to mine. Since this matter concerns the daughter of my wife and her ex-husband, wouldn't it be reasonable to disregard my income and that of the ex-husband's new spouse? Or is that unlikely if the matter is brought before a judge?
Thanks for any responses!
My wife and her ex-husband want their daughter to go to college. They have a joint custody arrangement and have shared child support expenses, more or less. Since college expenses will likely be considerable, I drew up an agreement regarding the sharing of those expenses to be signed by my wife and her ex-husband. (I'm not an attorney, but I'm no dummy either.) The key provision contemplates that the expenses will be shared in proportion to the earned incomes of my wife and her ex-husband, who makes nearly twice what my wife makes. We expect that he will not agree to this arrangement.
Obviously it would be preferable (less expensive) to reach an agreement without taking the matter before a judge. But if the ex-husband does not agree to accept his reasonable responsibility, legal action may be our only option.
1. College expenses are burdensome enough without adding attorney's fees to that. Is it possible to take this matter before a judge ourselves, without expensive legal representation? How inadvisable is this?
2. Isn't the proposed sharing arrangement (in proportion to my wife's and her ex-husband's earned incomes) reasonable? Wouldn't a judge agree that is a reasonable arrangement?
3. My income is not that considerable, and my wife's ex-husband is getting remarried this summer to a woman with income comparable to mine. Since this matter concerns the daughter of my wife and her ex-husband, wouldn't it be reasonable to disregard my income and that of the ex-husband's new spouse? Or is that unlikely if the matter is brought before a judge?
Thanks for any responses!