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After paying child support, providing all health insurance for 8 years and no access or visitation, my husband became unexpectedly disabled in November.
Immediately filed for downward modification because short term disability paid 40% less. Not only did she hire an attorney for $265 an hour to fight the decrease, he walked out with an INCREASE. We can’t AFFORD an attorney and we’re shocked they could claim disability was TEMPORARY because SSDI hasn’t decided the case yet. My husband was terminated May 1st and his LTD policy and SSDI case are pending. We received another motion from her attorney yesterday seeking a LOT more money to pay 74% of ALL extracurricular activities, summer camp, dance lessons, her ATTORNEY fees etc as a according to her attorney my husband has a substantial increase in income.
As we sit here without him having ANY income, @ 58 years old we looked over the documents trying to figure how this all went wrong.
Turns out the Court hearing officer that decided there’d be no downward modification input my husband’s BI-WEEKLY income in as WEEKLY, affectively DOUBLING his salary.
We still can’t afford an attorney and will have to ask the court to RECALCULATE the income CORRECTLY and make it retroactive. Meanwhile he still had NO INCOME right now and will get only 60% of his pre disability income when his LTD policy begins paying (who knows how long LTD and SSDI will take).
EITHER WAY, he was still TERMINATED on May 1st, can NOT get another job because of his health condition. This is all supported with EXTENSIVE medical records and documented findings as a result of testing. 3 neurosurgeons and a rheumatologist have deemed him unable to work.
We are not trying to get OUT of paying for the child, but arrears are piling up FAST because the court officer entered his BIWEEKLY income as WEEKLY on the guideline worksheets
We can not appeal because it’s past 45 days.
Immediately filed for downward modification because short term disability paid 40% less. Not only did she hire an attorney for $265 an hour to fight the decrease, he walked out with an INCREASE. We can’t AFFORD an attorney and we’re shocked they could claim disability was TEMPORARY because SSDI hasn’t decided the case yet. My husband was terminated May 1st and his LTD policy and SSDI case are pending. We received another motion from her attorney yesterday seeking a LOT more money to pay 74% of ALL extracurricular activities, summer camp, dance lessons, her ATTORNEY fees etc as a according to her attorney my husband has a substantial increase in income.
As we sit here without him having ANY income, @ 58 years old we looked over the documents trying to figure how this all went wrong.
Turns out the Court hearing officer that decided there’d be no downward modification input my husband’s BI-WEEKLY income in as WEEKLY, affectively DOUBLING his salary.
We still can’t afford an attorney and will have to ask the court to RECALCULATE the income CORRECTLY and make it retroactive. Meanwhile he still had NO INCOME right now and will get only 60% of his pre disability income when his LTD policy begins paying (who knows how long LTD and SSDI will take).
EITHER WAY, he was still TERMINATED on May 1st, can NOT get another job because of his health condition. This is all supported with EXTENSIVE medical records and documented findings as a result of testing. 3 neurosurgeons and a rheumatologist have deemed him unable to work.
We are not trying to get OUT of paying for the child, but arrears are piling up FAST because the court officer entered his BIWEEKLY income as WEEKLY on the guideline worksheets
We can not appeal because it’s past 45 days.