Domestic Relations in a month

[jcweymer]

I live in PA. I have a 13 year old son and a 10 year old daughter. My son lived with me and my new wife for the last two school years. He has recently went back to live with his mother. While he was living with us I was not paying any support for my daughter. My ex agreed on no support since she had a child and I had one. I recieved a letter from Domestic Relations stating that I was to be in court Oct. 16 to continue support for both of the children. Do they take my current wife's income into account? Do they take my ex-wife's income into account? I have gone to court in the past when I was still married to my ex. They always gave me an income and expense sheet to fill out. I always thought that they didn't even care how much I was paying for rent, etc. When I got my most recent letter, there was not even an expense sheet included. Do they take my living situation into account or go strictly by a chart? Would it be advisavble for me to get an attorney since my situation has changed from the previous times. It just seems like when I go, they want more money every month that I can actually afford.
Any information that you can provide would be very useful. Thank You.

 

[meleahk1]

your current wife's salary will not be used, just your's and your ex's

good luck.

 

[missjasmine]

Even though you and your ex had a verbal agreement that you wouldn't pay support it doesn't matter. If you were court-ordered to pay child support and didn't then you have violated that order. Verbal agreements don't stand up in court. There are child support guidelines for every state that go according to your income. By looking at one of these you can roughly tell how much you are supposed to be paying. In my state, NM, each parent pays proportionately i.e. 40/60, 20/80, etc. according to their incomes, and no, they really don't care how much you pay for rent, utilities, etc.