Question/ can anyone relate

My spouse is 100% responsible for his son who resides with his mom 99% of the time in another state . My stepson is only here every other weekend and we have to constantly spend money (which we don’t mind) on things that’s supposed to be taken care by mom . Mom is also responsible for my stepsons insurance . However my husband added him to his as well . Because there have been times my stepson visits and he’s sick . The mom told the judge that she doesn’t work and provided a paystub of her getting a check from the state of only $150 a month . We recently found that she’s been working fulltime for the past year since the court case closed . Have the details have where she’s working, in addition to pictures of her listed under the staff members . Can my husband amend the child support payments ?

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Yes if circumstances of her working have changed since the last order got put in place, you can file for a change in child support. The courts will recalculate based off the new income.

Yes! If her work situation changed he should!

If stepson is with mom 99% dad should be supporting financially.. why would you want to interfere with that? When he’s with you guys it’s dad job to financially cover what he needs, the child support is supposed to make up for the fact that there’s a lack of presence and the bulk of responsibilities the custodial parent is taking on alone.

@Tiaura he has been supporting the child the entire time . However mom told the judge that she is not working . He also has visitation and she has been withholding the child for the past 6 months . If she so badly wants full custody and interfering with him and his son’s time then she should provide for the son by herself then .

@Tiaura mom is also working fulltime and getting several benefits From the state .

@Tiaura I don’t think they are looking to take away child support but modify it because mom is now working. Just like mom would want to modify it if dad started making more money for dad to pay more child support since mom is making more money now then what she claimed to the courts dad has just as much right to modify as well to pay less because mom shouldn’t need as much child support if she is working. And spending her money wisely.

But also Incognito if mom is with holding the child that should also be an issue you need to take her to court for as well. If he isn’t fighting for his custody to see the child most judges won’t touch child support when the father isn’t taking step to even see the child so I would definitely be trying to modify and hold her in contempt for visitation as well. If he isn’t making attempts to even get the child on days he should be then he should 100% be paying the full amount of child support because he isn’t supporting the child under his roof and only mom is even if it’s because she isn’t allowing him to see the child. And I know at least here if he goes to court and says he sees the child 0% of the time the judge can make the payments go up instead of down. So just be prepared and know what you are doing before you take anything to court

@Amy yes he is going back to court there have been over 10 contempts filed . Because he hasn’t seen his son since July . Now it’s just a waiting game