Please help.. child support question

[sandsnpalms]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Pennsylvania
I was wondering, I am engaged and my Fiance' pays child support. Once we are married can his ex wife take him back to get his support increased based on my salary?

 

[Proserpina]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Pennsylvania
I was wondering, I am engaged and my Fiance' pays child support. Once we are married can his ex wife take him back to get his support increased based on my salary?

If - and it's a big if - your future husband is deemed to be willfully under- or unemployed the court may look at your salary for the purposes of recalculating child support.

Mom can't just ask for more money based on the marriage alone though, and (because you referred to it in the other post title) your wages will not be garnished.

 

[goddessoflubboc]

No. You have no legal obligation, relationship, or standing in the matter.

 

[Proserpina]

One other thing.

Make sure you keep your funds separate once you get married; if Dad falls behind CSE can levy any account with his name on it - even your joint account.

Knowing ahead of time what's possible is a good thing...

 

[EnforceSupport]

One other thing.

Make sure you keep your funds separate once you get married; if Dad falls behind CSE can levy any account with his name on it - even your joint account.

Knowing ahead of time what's possible is a good thing...

AND, in some states (like California), the creditor can levy on an account standing solely in the name of the new spouse!

 

[nextwife]

AND, in some states (like California), the creditor can levy on an account standing solely in the name of the new spouse!

An always separate, pre-marital account? And what about the spouses own debt or child support responsibilities? Does the spouses children suddenly lose THEIR right to be supported by their OWN parent so that a legal stranger's child instead is supported?

Let's say, a father has a stroke or heart attack, and has kids with two different moms, each able bodied, and can, for now, only send from what disability provides. Modifications don't happen as quickly as illness, unemployment, or accidents can. Shouldn't each mom then provide for their respective child, rather than everything being taken from one and given to the other?

 

[ecmst12]

AND, in some states (like California), the creditor can levy on an account standing solely in the name of the new spouse!

That's because CA is a community property state. PA is not.