Modifying Alimony If Ex-Wife Has Another Child

Question: Can I get my alimony payments modified if my wife is pregnant with another child? I pay her monthly alimony, but since she is pregnant with another man’s child I don’t feel that I should have to pay her when the money will be spent on a child that …

Child Support Modification If The Judge Thinks You Caused Your Unemployment

Question: I tried to modify child support after I lost my job, but the judge denied it saying I lost my job based on my own conduct, which is untrue because I’m collecting unemployment. I then tried another child support modification based on the fact that my health insurance increased …

Does A Modification Affect All Parts Of The Divorce Decree?

Question: My divorce question is about a new modification and its effects on other parts of the decree that have been left untouched. Our divorce decree says that my ex-wife and I will pay 50% of our child’s health care costs. She has repeatedly failed to pay her full share …

How To Get Treatment For Your Child If You Are Not The Custodial Parent

Question: I am concerned for my son’s mental and physical well-being and want to know how to address medical issues if I am not the custodial parent. He recently had surgery and since then he has been desperate for me, crying every time I leave and all week while he’s …

Modifying Child Support Based On Child Support Office’s Errors

Question: It has just come to my attention that I have overpaid my child support payments due to an incorrect wage garnishment of my military pay above the court-ordered amount. I filed the request months ago to stop my military wage garnishments and was told they would stop. I later …

Child Support Modification When The Recipient Spouse Retires

By Daniel Exner Milwaukee Divorce Lawyer If you are paying child support and your ex-wife retires, will you have to pay more child support because her income is lower? The general answer to this common child support question will depend on your current child custody schedule and the recipient spouse’s …

Will I Have To Pay More Child Support If I Miss A Visitation?

Question: My child support questions is regarding my new new job that will require me to miss periods of parenting time with my children over the coming year. My ex-wife says that she can modify my child support to increase my child support since she will have more parenting time. …

Modification Of Child Support Arrears

Question: I am trying to modify my payments of child support arrears. I do owe the money and intend to pay it back, but the amount being garnished is too high for me to survive on. When trying to modify the child support amount, the child support enforcement unit said …

Child Support Modification Due To Marital Home Foreclosure

Question: I need information on what state has jurisdiction for my child support modification. My ex-wife and kids moved to the state I previously moved to (Wisconsin) after our divorce was finalized in Illinois. Our divorce decree states my child support payments are contingent upon my ex-wife selling the marital …

Financial Advice On Divorce: Modification Of Tax Exemptions

Question: I have a tax modification question that deals with taxes and divorce. Can I apply for and modify and tax exemption on my child so that I can claim my son as a dependent?