I wanted to give an update.
We finally, after three months of no response, got a letter back from opposing counsel, whereby I assume they slipped by handing over documents that prove the ex's actual wage. She's been claiming $11.50 an hour at 35 hours a week, which would make her gross annual income $19,320. (JUST below her imputed income of $21,000).
The real figures are in. Confirmed by both a credit application as well as her end-of-year paystub for 2012, she's making $14.00 an hour at 40 hours a week, making her income $26,880 a year - this isn't including her vacation payouts and overtime. She also has a second out-of-home job that earned her $1500 last year, as well as her business that she just proved she underclaimed income for because she just submitted another receipt for a consulatation she did that she neglected to hand over in the past. The credit application also listed $752 a month in child tax credits, making her yearly entitlement $9,024, and her real gross income $37,549 (for the sake of calculating spousal support). I assume she forgot about her lawyer's previous letter that understated her wage.
She's still handed in no statements for 2012, but I believe we have ourselves a strong enough case to move forward and have support payments reduced. Like I've been saying all along, her entitlement BEFORE we got this information was supposed at be $623, in a combo of cs and ss, and she's currently getting $1500 - only because she initially claimed an income of $8000 a year. Not bad when you have a full-time wage, benefits from your job and remaining on your ex's, full child tax credits, a second job and $1500 a month from your ex... but at the same time, a very bad lie.
I'm just reflecting on the outrageous demands she was making and the threats for costs... the constant accusations and the intimidating letters from her lawyer demanding up-to-date financials every month because they were convinced my partner made more this year. And they're right - he did... by about $200. We got the T4 the other day and fired it off to them before they had a chance to ask for it. His vacation payout that has caused him to have an increased salary for the last 5 years ends this year, and then his salary drops by about $5k, which they've been given a head's up about.
I can't wait for the ball to drop. This isn't over yet, but I think we're closer to getting a signed settlement offer, or at the very least the reduced payments... and finally some peace in our lives.
Good luck to everyone else on here dealing with the same horse shit.
We finally, after three months of no response, got a letter back from opposing counsel, whereby I assume they slipped by handing over documents that prove the ex's actual wage. She's been claiming $11.50 an hour at 35 hours a week, which would make her gross annual income $19,320. (JUST below her imputed income of $21,000).
The real figures are in. Confirmed by both a credit application as well as her end-of-year paystub for 2012, she's making $14.00 an hour at 40 hours a week, making her income $26,880 a year - this isn't including her vacation payouts and overtime. She also has a second out-of-home job that earned her $1500 last year, as well as her business that she just proved she underclaimed income for because she just submitted another receipt for a consulatation she did that she neglected to hand over in the past. The credit application also listed $752 a month in child tax credits, making her yearly entitlement $9,024, and her real gross income $37,549 (for the sake of calculating spousal support). I assume she forgot about her lawyer's previous letter that understated her wage.
She's still handed in no statements for 2012, but I believe we have ourselves a strong enough case to move forward and have support payments reduced. Like I've been saying all along, her entitlement BEFORE we got this information was supposed at be $623, in a combo of cs and ss, and she's currently getting $1500 - only because she initially claimed an income of $8000 a year. Not bad when you have a full-time wage, benefits from your job and remaining on your ex's, full child tax credits, a second job and $1500 a month from your ex... but at the same time, a very bad lie.
I'm just reflecting on the outrageous demands she was making and the threats for costs... the constant accusations and the intimidating letters from her lawyer demanding up-to-date financials every month because they were convinced my partner made more this year. And they're right - he did... by about $200. We got the T4 the other day and fired it off to them before they had a chance to ask for it. His vacation payout that has caused him to have an increased salary for the last 5 years ends this year, and then his salary drops by about $5k, which they've been given a head's up about.
I can't wait for the ball to drop. This isn't over yet, but I think we're closer to getting a signed settlement offer, or at the very least the reduced payments... and finally some peace in our lives.
Good luck to everyone else on here dealing with the same horse shit.
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