What is the name of your state? mass
i am getting married in september. i do not work but my fiance does. my daughter lives with us and we have a newborn son together. my ex pays 64 a week for child support. we went to court and because i am not working the judge stated my ex can claim her solely until i get a job then we switch years. i know that once we get married my husband can legally claim her because he does provide most of her support. is there any thing we can do to at least be able to claim her every other year? its very frusterating because 64 dollars a week does not provide even close to half her yearly support but he gets almost half of what he pays us back in taxes by claiming her. can the judge really tell me i have to work. he even told me i have to make 10,000 in a year to even think about claiming her. we figured it out and i would have to work anywhere from 20-30 hours a week all year to make that. i do not work because of having a newborn and we feel it is important for me to stay home with him and daycare is way too expensive for us it would exceed what i would make each week. i do not understand why we are penalized for me not working when we sacrafice luxeries so i do not have to work. PLEASE ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!!!!!!! thank you
i am getting married in september. i do not work but my fiance does. my daughter lives with us and we have a newborn son together. my ex pays 64 a week for child support. we went to court and because i am not working the judge stated my ex can claim her solely until i get a job then we switch years. i know that once we get married my husband can legally claim her because he does provide most of her support. is there any thing we can do to at least be able to claim her every other year? its very frusterating because 64 dollars a week does not provide even close to half her yearly support but he gets almost half of what he pays us back in taxes by claiming her. can the judge really tell me i have to work. he even told me i have to make 10,000 in a year to even think about claiming her. we figured it out and i would have to work anywhere from 20-30 hours a week all year to make that. i do not work because of having a newborn and we feel it is important for me to stay home with him and daycare is way too expensive for us it would exceed what i would make each week. i do not understand why we are penalized for me not working when we sacrafice luxeries so i do not have to work. PLEASE ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!!!!!!! thank you