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What is the name of your state? Illinois
I asked for modification for child support for the first time in almost 11 years last Oct. 2003. Now that 2004 is here-my daughter's father is using his 2003 tax return as a determination of income. He bought into a business which recorded a loss in 2003 and also pays all his health insurance including hers. This totals over $8,000 in premiums. Also since her birth I have had the state of Illinois handle the matters and he pays through IDPA. My husband and I have carried her on the insurance we have and the father has never provided the insurance card or policy information. I wonder if he is still required to do that if we have insurance. That amount he pays for her is deducted from his gross income and we don't use it. He also recorded a loss as income and the payments were supposed to be $299 per week and now with the 2003 return used rather than the 2002 used it is now $190 a week. He provides nothing else for her other than this support. It is hard for me to believe that this support would only go up from $157 a week to $190 a week after 10 years. I wanted to see if I can do an average of income instead of using the one year of salary reflecting these losses. I have an attorney with this but he doesn't seem to know much. He doesn't recognize some of the forms on the tax return and that worries me. He also claims her as a dependent and isn't paying the bulk of what she needs and uses. If anyone has any knowledge of self employment deductions, health insurance (I read both where he can deduct all the insurance and also only deduct hers). And if anyone thinks that I should ask for an average income rather than this one year as a start up business income. Thanks so much.
I asked for modification for child support for the first time in almost 11 years last Oct. 2003. Now that 2004 is here-my daughter's father is using his 2003 tax return as a determination of income. He bought into a business which recorded a loss in 2003 and also pays all his health insurance including hers. This totals over $8,000 in premiums. Also since her birth I have had the state of Illinois handle the matters and he pays through IDPA. My husband and I have carried her on the insurance we have and the father has never provided the insurance card or policy information. I wonder if he is still required to do that if we have insurance. That amount he pays for her is deducted from his gross income and we don't use it. He also recorded a loss as income and the payments were supposed to be $299 per week and now with the 2003 return used rather than the 2002 used it is now $190 a week. He provides nothing else for her other than this support. It is hard for me to believe that this support would only go up from $157 a week to $190 a week after 10 years. I wanted to see if I can do an average of income instead of using the one year of salary reflecting these losses. I have an attorney with this but he doesn't seem to know much. He doesn't recognize some of the forms on the tax return and that worries me. He also claims her as a dependent and isn't paying the bulk of what she needs and uses. If anyone has any knowledge of self employment deductions, health insurance (I read both where he can deduct all the insurance and also only deduct hers). And if anyone thinks that I should ask for an average income rather than this one year as a start up business income. Thanks so much.