What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? New Hampshire.
Ex Wife and I went to court a 5 months ago concerning changes in child support and visitation. My girls are 15 & 16. I had no problem with an increase in child support, it had been 4 years since the last increase and was due. However I did have a problem with the other things that she wanted...to stop all visitation except holidays, to be able to claim both girls on taxes (I was originally awarded both of them to claim, but offered ex the youngest 8 years ago to help her out financially) to have me pay for all medical (I do not have medical insurance through my employer, I have it through my current wife) both insured and uninsured, plus child support.
Ex lives way above her means, has poor credit (even used 1 daughters credit to get utilities til I found out and put a stop to it) and has a "roommate" that pays for half the household bills but plays the poor single mother role very well and claims FULL financial responsiblity for all household bills on her "Financial Affidavit". Never mentioning the roommate.
Anyway, we received "Decision" from the judge which approved the increase in child support to only $ 157.00 (took into consideration my step child), and that the girls had to continue their once a month visitation. Nothing else was changed or "determined". Yesterday we received a "Motion for Clarification" written by my ex and approved by the judge stating that she could claim both girls on her taxes (just 2 weeks till the end of the year-how nice) It was dated 11/01/05. It also states that I received a copy before she submitted it to the courts and "signed" my name in agreement. I had never seen the document before and obviouly never "signed it". What do I do now? Is this legal? Shouldn't the judge have ordered it effective for the 2006 tax year? Do I have any recourse? Please advise. Thanks, Scott
Ex Wife and I went to court a 5 months ago concerning changes in child support and visitation. My girls are 15 & 16. I had no problem with an increase in child support, it had been 4 years since the last increase and was due. However I did have a problem with the other things that she wanted...to stop all visitation except holidays, to be able to claim both girls on taxes (I was originally awarded both of them to claim, but offered ex the youngest 8 years ago to help her out financially) to have me pay for all medical (I do not have medical insurance through my employer, I have it through my current wife) both insured and uninsured, plus child support.
Ex lives way above her means, has poor credit (even used 1 daughters credit to get utilities til I found out and put a stop to it) and has a "roommate" that pays for half the household bills but plays the poor single mother role very well and claims FULL financial responsiblity for all household bills on her "Financial Affidavit". Never mentioning the roommate.
Anyway, we received "Decision" from the judge which approved the increase in child support to only $ 157.00 (took into consideration my step child), and that the girls had to continue their once a month visitation. Nothing else was changed or "determined". Yesterday we received a "Motion for Clarification" written by my ex and approved by the judge stating that she could claim both girls on her taxes (just 2 weeks till the end of the year-how nice) It was dated 11/01/05. It also states that I received a copy before she submitted it to the courts and "signed" my name in agreement. I had never seen the document before and obviouly never "signed it". What do I do now? Is this legal? Shouldn't the judge have ordered it effective for the 2006 tax year? Do I have any recourse? Please advise. Thanks, Scott
