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ctcabogirl · Feb 8, 2011, 07:28 AM

Hello!

I have 2 children with my ex. One is 18 and has finished school and the other is 12. My ex has cut the support payment in half. However, I disagree with this amount as he was paying less than he should have anyway. I want to avoid court, but he won't discuss the matter with me. I am willing to put both our incomes into a support calculator and use that amount, but he will not furinish his income. Any suggestions?

smoothy · Feb 8, 2011, 07:30 AM

Nope. He doesn't have to pay for an adult child. And half what he was ordered to pay for two is what is fair.

The only other way will be to go to court. And you will have to include your income when that happens, as will he.

this8384 · Feb 8, 2011, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by ctcabogirl

Hello!

I have 2 children with my ex. One is 18 and has finished school and the other is 12. My ex has cut the support payment in half. However, I disagree with this amount as he was paying less than he should have anyway. I want to avoid court, but he won't discuss the matter with me. I am willing to put both our incomes into a support calculator and use that amount, but he will not furinish his income. Any suggestions?

First off, there are rules here regarding the rating system. Your "disagree" to smoothy was inappropriate because his answer was accurate. You can read the rules here:
https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/feedba...ure-24951.html
Please familiarize yourself with them before having such a knee-jerk reaction next time.

Second, to answer your question, you only have one of two options:

1. File in court and use your state's guidelines for determining child support. This could greatly increase or decrease the amount you're getting now for the one minor child.
2. Take the amount of money your ex is giving you.

That's it. There's nothing more you can do. Without a court order, you cannot force him to provide you with his income information, nor can you force him to give you money based upon what you think is or isn't fair. That's why there are guidelines established so each non-custodial parent pays a set percentage of their gross income.

smoothy · Feb 8, 2011, 09:25 AM

ctcabogirl does not find this helpful : Did not answer the question

I invite you to actually READ the site rules... you broke the rules... I gave a factual answer... If you didn't like it, that's just too bad. Your Opinion ISN'T a valid reason for you to give me or anyone else a NOT HELPFUL on this entire site.