Fired from job, how should this affect support

[nordberg25]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? MN

I was fired from my job back in March of 2004. Since then I have been working at home building my home business, I am doing ok, but it is nowhere near what I made at my previous job.

My gross monthly income was 4400/month at previous job. Currently I am earning between 1700-2000/month. I am very happy with how things are going at home and the growth of my home business.

I went to court to request a modification of child support and the results stated that I am under-employing myself, and that I have the ability to earn 4400 per month.

I can see this situation if I am a construction worker (per se), I get fired and then go to work for another guy in the next town over. But there isn't another casino for 80 miles, therefore without a college education I can't possibly earn 60k a year anywhere around here. The job was basically an exception to the rule as far as earnings go.

Why can't they base any of this off of my last 2 years of taxes, I don't have a problem paying the support (based on 1700-2000 per month), but it is at $715 a month for 1 child and they will not reduce it, I am so far behind and now have my license suspended. I appealed the motion and lost. Do I have a leg to stand on here?

If anyone has a link to details on how Minnesota figures income in a situation where employment changes, I would appreciate that.

Thanks
CN

 

[Zephyr]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? MN

I was fired from my job back in March of 2004. Since then I have been working at home building my home business, I am doing ok, but it is nowhere near what I made at my previous job.

My gross monthly income was 4400/month at previous job. Currently I am earning between 1700-2000/month. I am very happy with how things are going at home and the growth of my home business.

I went to court to request a modification of child support and the results stated that I am under-employing myself, and that I have the ability to earn 4400 per month.

I can see this situation if I am a construction worker (per se), I get fired and then go to work for another guy in the next town over. But there isn't another casino for 80 miles, therefore without a college education I can't possibly earn 60k a year anywhere around here. The job was basically an exception to the rule as far as earnings go.

Why can't they base any of this off of my last 2 years of taxes, I don't have a problem paying the support (based on 1700-2000 per month), but it is at $715 a month for 1 child and they will not reduce it, I am so far behind and now have my license suspended. I appealed the motion and lost. Do I have a leg to stand on here?

If anyone has a link to details on how Minnesota figures income in a situation where employment changes, I would appreciate that.

Thanks
CN

while you may not be able to find a job right off making 4400, by being self employed you are volutarily under employed, you may be able to find a job making 3k, or even one that starts at 2k but over time and with bennies you could work up to close to previous income.

being self employed is a luxury, your child should not be expected to live on less because you have a luxury you really can't afford.

 

[betterthanher]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? MN

I was fired from my job back in March of 2004. Since then I have been working at home building my home business, I am doing ok, but it is nowhere near what I made at my previous job.

My gross monthly income was 4400/month at previous job. Currently I am earning between 1700-2000/month. I am very happy with how things are going at home and the growth of my home business.

I went to court to request a modification of child support and the results stated that I am under-employing myself, and that I have the ability to earn 4400 per month.

I can see this situation if I am a construction worker (per se), I get fired and then go to work for another guy in the next town over. But there isn't another casino for 80 miles, therefore without a college education I can't possibly earn 60k a year anywhere around here. The job was basically an exception to the rule as far as earnings go.

Why can't they base any of this off of my last 2 years of taxes, I don't have a problem paying the support (based on 1700-2000 per month), but it is at $715 a month for 1 child and they will not reduce it, I am so far behind and now have my license suspended. I appealed the motion and lost. Do I have a leg to stand on here?

No, because you are choosing to work at home, earning less money. It *might* (and I stress the word "might") have turned out differently if you were diligently looking for work at a similar rate and were unsucessful and were able to prove it. Then they might have granted you a reduction.