Mambo Queen
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Missouri
This is probably a pretty uncommon question, but...I am considering divorce and really do NOT want my spouse to pay child support. I'm not doing this to try and deny him visitation (he would be the non-custodial parent) but because I make a lot more money than him, and he has a LOT of debt, and I'd rather he use his money to pay off his debt and get himself a halfway decent place to live so our daughter can come visit him in someplace that is at least marginally habitable (if he had to make support payments on top of his debt payments I don't think he'd be able to afford it) Is it a requirement that he pay child support, or can I ask that he not during our divorce proceedings? Also, if he is forced to pay some support, can I request that he make the payments directly to me instead of being withheld from his income? Or, if that's not possible, could he just pay the court directly instead of having his income withheld? Thanks.
This is probably a pretty uncommon question, but...I am considering divorce and really do NOT want my spouse to pay child support. I'm not doing this to try and deny him visitation (he would be the non-custodial parent) but because I make a lot more money than him, and he has a LOT of debt, and I'd rather he use his money to pay off his debt and get himself a halfway decent place to live so our daughter can come visit him in someplace that is at least marginally habitable (if he had to make support payments on top of his debt payments I don't think he'd be able to afford it) Is it a requirement that he pay child support, or can I ask that he not during our divorce proceedings? Also, if he is forced to pay some support, can I request that he make the payments directly to me instead of being withheld from his income? Or, if that's not possible, could he just pay the court directly instead of having his income withheld? Thanks.