Child Support: Modifying Variable Expenses

Question: Per our child custody agreements, my wife and I split parenting time 50-50. The court has ordered me to pay a set amount each month of variable expenses, which is different from the child support order. I find the current fixed amount is too high, so I would like …

Can You Appeal A Judge’s Ruling On Alimony?

Alimony Question: My soon-to-be-ex is terminally ill and was ill at the time she filed for divorce. Because of her condition, I have been ordered to pay alimony and all of her bills, including some medical costs, which have a current outstanding balance of almost $50,000. Now the judge has …

What’s Needed To Prove Assets For Calculating Child Support?

Question: When modifying child support, what documents do child support laws allow to be used as proof of assets? My ex-wife is asking for an increase in the child support I pay her. In asking for my income, her attorney requested I provide my car titles and my bank statements. …

Can A Party Request Child Support Years After They Originally Denied It?

Question: When I was granted child custody several years I did not seek child support from my ex-wife. Now that my business is suffering and my ex is gainfully employed with a substantial salary, do child support laws allow me to request she pay me child support even though I …

Is Allowing A Minor Child To Have Sex Reason To Modify Child Custody?

Question: I’m looking for advice on divorce to handle a delicate co-parenting situation. My ex-wife has primary child custody of her daughter, my stepdaughter. While living in her home, my ex-wife is allowing her daughter (who is a minor) to have sex in the house. I am not of the …

Can I Modify Child Support Because I Am Now A Stay-At-Home Dad?

Question: I am no longer working and am now a stay-at-home dad for my children. However, I still owe child support to my ex-wife for a child from our marriage. We are currently paying her child support from my current wife’s student loans, but we are really struggling financially. Because …

Exceptions To The ‘No Overnights With Opposite Sex’ Rule

Question: My boyfriend’s child custody agreements state he is not allowed to have a member of the opposite sex spend the night with him when he has parenting time unless he is married. We are going on vacation and his ex-wife said it would be fine if we just rented …

Modifying Child Support Because Of Miscalculation

Question: During my divorce process, I misunderstood the child support calculator and agreed to pay my wife significantly more in child support than is required. Now, because my tax status has changed, I take home less net income though my gross income remains the same. Do child support laws allow …

Can You Modify Custody If You Have Child Support Arrears?

Question: Can I file for a modification of child custody if I am in arrears for child support? My ex-wife has lost her job and her home, and now her and my daughter are living at a friend’s house. I believe our child would have a more stable environment living …

Divorce Article: Is There Retribution For Marital Infidelity?

By Tara N. Brewer Special to DadsDivorce.com What do you do when your happy matrimony suffers from infidelity? Victims of infidelity might suffer from physical, mental, emotional and financial stress. Your untainted marriage has now become irreversibly broken, leaving you to wonder about the third party. Where’s the retribution? In …