Recent content by bigql83

Yes I did have a local attorney and at the time of the hearing the attorney and the judge both acknowledged that child support was through DSS and was a separate issue that had to be handled through them. I've had my child support modified twice before with two different attorneys and both...

Obviously the judge has the authority to modify child support as they eventually did in my case but a DSS case goes through DSS. You have to have a negotiation hearing with DSS first in South Carolina. Then it goes to family court with a judge.

Your links prove nothing, in South Carolina, if your case is through DSS, you have to go through them to file for a modification. If it's a private case then you go through family court. Defendant's Instructions (Decrease Child Support) (sccourts.org)

No not actually, I'm just responding so that maybe someone in the future going through something similar can have something to research. I think most of the posters here are trolls.

Actually they can't two separate cases, in my state if child support is through DSS and not the court, you have to go through DSS to modify the order.

My problem is that after notifying DSS of their guidelines and my order they agreed on two separate occasions to dismiss my case. The first time was that this happened was a year ago. I have emails with them stating that they started the process. I also have an email from their caseworker when...

Child support order and the family court order are two separate issues. My order was modified properly, it shows that the mother doesn't have the child enough for them to be able to calculate support. DSS didn't follow their own rules, the judge made them. So who's at fault?

Explain to me what that has to do with child support. South Carolina child support guidelines are based strictly on physical overnights. If the order stated that I was the primary but only had 80 nights I would still have to pay.

Is it a disagreement when DSS didn't do their part to follow their own guidelines when calculating child support. Their own guidelines state clearly that child support for shared custody can only be used when both parents have atleast 109 overnights. They calculated it with the mother having...

Yes with DSS, my court order was through family court and child support was through DSS. I never went back to family court to get my order changed because legally DSS shouldn't have been able to make me based on their guidelines

We made an agreement right before going to trial for custody. It was done hastily before she changed her mind. In the grand scheme of things that clarication didn't matter because the important thing at the time was for my son to remain with me so that he could continue attending school.

Yes it was modified 2 years ago but the first line remains the same that state we have joint custody with the mother as the primary. But it also lists the amount of time I have with my son as Sunday through Friday, mother gets 2 weekends a month, half of summer/holidays. A total of 81 days...

I'm in South Carolina Two years ago I had a significant change in my parenting plan that basically gave me custody of my son. It breaks down into 284 overnights for me and 81 overnights for the Mom. The problem is that the court order also says that we have joint custody with the mother...

What is the name of your state South Carolina My son's mother decided this year not to enroll him in public school and she decided that she will home school him instead. He's 12 years old and was going to the 7th grade this year. She's married, she also has a younger 8yr daughter, they live...