Raisingmaddy
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What is the name of your state - Washington
It has been three years since our last child support order and a lot has changed since then. I have requested a modification through the state of Washington.
Prior to all of this my ex-husband moved almost five hours away. His parenting time is and has been two weekends per month, two weeks of each month during the summer time, and alternating holidays.
When he moved he didn't tell me that he was moving, and I didn't find out until sometime afterwards even though our court agreement states that each person will provide a thirty day notice to the other prior to moving 100 miles or more from their current residence. Prior to him moving (which has been over a year now) he only lived two hours away and we would each drive half way for the pick up and drop off of the children. Since he moved he has done all of the driving due to the distance, and it was actually his idea to do so.
My question is that now that I have filed a child support modification he is VERY angry and told me that the driving issue will now be taken care of and modified when we go to court...can this be addressed during the child support modification proceedings and if so, can a judge now order me to drive halfway every other week(this would be 5 hours both ways)? He has been paying a reduced amount of child support based on the calculations for this entire time. I agreed to the lower amount at the time because he was also ordered to carry medical insurance on our children but has since changed employment and dropped their coverage. I am in complete agreement for him to have an adjustment of child support due to travel, it's just not feasable for me to drive that amount of time...any suggestions or ideas??? Thank you.
It has been three years since our last child support order and a lot has changed since then. I have requested a modification through the state of Washington.
Prior to all of this my ex-husband moved almost five hours away. His parenting time is and has been two weekends per month, two weeks of each month during the summer time, and alternating holidays.
When he moved he didn't tell me that he was moving, and I didn't find out until sometime afterwards even though our court agreement states that each person will provide a thirty day notice to the other prior to moving 100 miles or more from their current residence. Prior to him moving (which has been over a year now) he only lived two hours away and we would each drive half way for the pick up and drop off of the children. Since he moved he has done all of the driving due to the distance, and it was actually his idea to do so.
My question is that now that I have filed a child support modification he is VERY angry and told me that the driving issue will now be taken care of and modified when we go to court...can this be addressed during the child support modification proceedings and if so, can a judge now order me to drive halfway every other week(this would be 5 hours both ways)? He has been paying a reduced amount of child support based on the calculations for this entire time. I agreed to the lower amount at the time because he was also ordered to carry medical insurance on our children but has since changed employment and dropped their coverage. I am in complete agreement for him to have an adjustment of child support due to travel, it's just not feasable for me to drive that amount of time...any suggestions or ideas??? Thank you.
I really appreciate your post. I realize the issues are seperate, I'm just so worried because he is threatening so many things, and I'm not sure what he can and cannot do.