Did you SERIOUSLY wait until 3:30 pm the day before court before you are starting to prepare...really?
Actually no, I didn't. I had NO idea until last week that the Prosecuting Attorney didn't have all of the information I sent in. She sent a packet two weeks ago that I completed, included ALL of the information she needed re: income, deductions, child care...etc. Then last week I received the proposed child support paperwork and it didn't include ANY of my current income information or child care. The child care wasn't even addressed at all.
The letter that came with the packet said "Please review...if you have any questions, corrections, or something else to add or change please call my office and we will make any changes necessary. I called, and called, and called. I left messages every time indicating the information that the paperwork was lacking. I requested a call back each time and NEVER once heard from anyone. Finally, I got all of the information together and faxed it to the child support/Prosecuting Attorney's office.
I never did recieve a call back from them, however, I did recieve a letter from them on
Friday that stated they "could not include the information that was faxed to them" and then it stated that if I would like to include the corrected income information and include child care then I would need to file it with the courts and serve the other party.
I sent them ALL of the information originally, including child care expenses. Child care expenses were also in our previous order. Like I said, I had no idea they did not have this information until late last week when I was talking to my ex-husband. Apparently, the Prosecuting Attorney returned his calls and told
him that they did not recieve my paperwork. When he told me this it was after 5:00 pm. Wednesday evening, the court house has been closed until today, so there was nothing I could do in the meantime.
I was hoping that if I at least provided all of the information today for court, and had the correct forms filled out to include the information they left out, then possibly it could be included in the final order.
I know it may be too late to do anything about it, and I will accept that. If I would have known sooner, I of course would have done whatever was necessary right away. I at least have to try, I'm just frustrated because I completed everything and mailed it all to them the day after I recieved the initial paperwork from them. Unfortunately, I didn't mail it certified. I didn't think I needed to since they are located here in the town I live in, and I never had any issues sending them things in the past. I won't make that mistake again.
Any thoughts or suggestions as to whether things can be changed during court and have the information included??
