ladyredrules
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Hello from Hawaii!
I actually have a question on behalf of my sister. She has a 5-year-old whom she currently shares 50/50 joint physical and legal custody with her ex-husband. At the time of the divorce, my sister was an unemployed student, so he's been paying like $120/month on child support since the divorce. When she graduates next year, she'll probably be making around double what he makes by my guesstimate (think nurse vs. Wal-Mart employee).
Can her ex take her back to court to hit her up for child support? Could he even hit her up for alimony? Just wondering because the guy has a lot of bitterness in his heart (still) and is very money hungry... not a good combination.
I apologize if this question has been asked before; I got tired of searching through the forum.
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Buckeye
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Too late for the alimony thing
But, yes, to the child support. She could end up paying him cs.
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gr8Dad
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...money hungry NOW, since SHE is the one collecting child support?
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Why give a "senior" discount, they have had plenty of time to raise the money...
Edited by gr8Dad (11/21/09 07:34 AM)
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Cassie23
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gr8-- she MAY just be asking a question, because she is unsure on how it works if she has primary placement.
To answer the question- yes whoever makes more would pay CS in a 50/50 time share, which makes sense. So maybe instead of HIM paying $120, she would pay $120. Not really a big deal if you ask me.
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Sherron
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"gr8-- she MAY just be asking a question, because she is unsure on how it works if she has primary placement. "
I'd give you that if the OP hadn't used this phrase:
"Just wondering because the guy has a lot of bitterness in his heart (still) and is very money hungry... not a good combination."
I thought it was a valid question. Either receiving cs is related to bitter and money hungry, or it's not. And if it was okay for mom to receive it when she was making less, why would it matter how bitter or money hungry dad is when she makes more than him. Is it fair for the higher earner to pay cs to the lower earner or not?
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Cassie23
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Thanks Sherron, I actually went right past that part. Agreed. Even if the guy has bitterness for paying CS on the 50/50 timeshare at least she won't have to worry about that is SHE is paying him. It's only fair if she makes more to have to pay, just as he did.
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ladyredrules
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Thanks everyone.
I guess that if she does have to pay him CS after she gets a good job it is fair. After all the crap that she and our whole family had to put up with him (I'm not gonna go into details), it's hard to fathom giving that guy money, even if it is to supposedly support my niece.
I just don't want her to get completely screwed over and pay him way more than what he had to pay her CS every month because she's making double what he's making. But if it is equal the amount he's currently giving her, it really isn't that big a deal.
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googledad
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I just don't want her to get completely screwed over and pay him way more than what he had to pay her CS every month because she's making double what he's making.
>>>>>>>> She'll be paying way more . Think she'll complain ?
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spinnerdegrassi
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Well...let's say the Walmart father is making 25k a year, and she is making 50k a year, she's probably looking at @ 400-500/month.
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amazing
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I'd call it. You play, You pay.
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