Betty Crocker
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Georgia
My ex-wife pressed me into signing a Settlement Agreement I did not understand, and she convinced me to use no atty. (stupid, I know).
She waived Alimony, and I am paying her $1400 per month in CS. There was a "miscellaneous" paragraph I did not understand the gravity of until later:
"The parties specifically agree that the Wife shall be entitled to twenty percent (20%) of any and all commissions the Husband receives from his employment. The Husband shall pay to the Wife twenty percent (20%) of any amount received after it is taxed and he shall pay said monies to the Wife at the time his employer pays the commissions to him. The Husband shall
further provide the Wife with a schedule of the commissions and how they are to be paid."
Am I screwed? Doesn't this count as Alimony, which she waived? So on top of the outrageously high CS (it doesn't cost $1400 per month to raise a kid), she gets to skim off my hard-earned commissions too!
So how do I get out of this unfair paragraph? The CS laws here just changed, so when I take her for a mod to change to income shares, how do I get rid of this paragraph?
Should I just take a job with salary only and NO commission? Can my work call it a "bonus" and since the language in the settlement says, "commissions," work a loophole in on a technicality?
Just for history's sake, my ex is spending addicted and ruined my credit due to lying to me about what she spent and the cards she acquired. We have been divorced for two years, and I am currently remarried with another child.
Thanks for your help.
My ex-wife pressed me into signing a Settlement Agreement I did not understand, and she convinced me to use no atty. (stupid, I know).
She waived Alimony, and I am paying her $1400 per month in CS. There was a "miscellaneous" paragraph I did not understand the gravity of until later:
"The parties specifically agree that the Wife shall be entitled to twenty percent (20%) of any and all commissions the Husband receives from his employment. The Husband shall pay to the Wife twenty percent (20%) of any amount received after it is taxed and he shall pay said monies to the Wife at the time his employer pays the commissions to him. The Husband shall
further provide the Wife with a schedule of the commissions and how they are to be paid."
Am I screwed? Doesn't this count as Alimony, which she waived? So on top of the outrageously high CS (it doesn't cost $1400 per month to raise a kid), she gets to skim off my hard-earned commissions too!
So how do I get out of this unfair paragraph? The CS laws here just changed, so when I take her for a mod to change to income shares, how do I get rid of this paragraph?
Should I just take a job with salary only and NO commission? Can my work call it a "bonus" and since the language in the settlement says, "commissions," work a loophole in on a technicality?
Just for history's sake, my ex is spending addicted and ruined my credit due to lying to me about what she spent and the cards she acquired. We have been divorced for two years, and I am currently remarried with another child.
Thanks for your help.