You said.."""I have seen his pay stubs and his take-home pay is just shy of $2000.00 per month. My take-home pay is approximately $3200 per month. It varies from month to month if I work overtime, but that would be average. If I have to pay him $1000. then that means my take-home would drop to $2200, while his take home would be boosted to $3000.00"""
The 1000 you would give him would be
Tax deductableso you wouldn't drop to 2200. I am assuming that you are in Ontario? 12000 a year would knock you down to a different tax bracket. You pay at least 33% on it. So it would be more like 700 you are paying out. Spousal support is Tax deductable to the payor- child support isn't .So if you got 300 a month from him and paid him 1000 ( which would only be 700) you would really be out only 400 a month. BUT that is only for the few years at the most and he has a longer claim then child support would be. Also he would have to PAY income tax on what you pay him. What would happen would be income equizilation. Where you guys are looking at close to the same income.
If you are talking about gross pay you would make 5400 a month and he would make 2800. You are taxed at different rates - one person could have extra tax taken off, pay different union fees etc... One person could have deductions for charity, for rrsp's etc. So it might not be comparing apples to oranges.
http://www.taxtips.ca/ontax.htm#ONTaxRates
Anyway you can try - it may be very expensive to get out of support especially if you are not willing to give up anything for it. Are you thinking this will go to court?
Good Luck - keep us up to date on how it is going....