So long story short. Have a couple questions:
Father makes almost 500k and lives outside of North America. Everything is paid through work benefits except groceries. He gets a number of benefits and bonuses that I can't prove to be added to pay as he says he cannot share the benefits manual as its " privileged" info and showed a page with redacted info that states he cannot reproduce or share that Manual! He says he could lose his job if he shares it! How can I deal with this and get him to disclose the manual ?
According to his lawyer c.s over 150k is treated differently. I make minimum wage and father hid his income for almost ten years that has now come to my knowledge. He had been operating a business that he didn't disclose. Arrears are over 150k based on my own calculation without taking into account his bonus and actual income.
His Lawyer says that child has always had a modest living and paying the actual child support according to guidelines is excessive. Also the arrears would be a windfall and transfer of wealth to mother.
Obviously I lives hand to mouth and wishing a tight budget for these many years and my child missed out on so many things such as sports / outings/ clothes etc. His needs were minimal because I have to live in a budget.
I did go in a lot of credit card debt and my credit history is ruined. Where I could afford a little bit before with credit cards , I dont have that option anymore. So yes, my child's living is very very modest. The new child support would be four times more than what he has been paying. And the arrears are well over 150k
As a rule , judges go back three years but where there is blameworthy conduct where income has been hid judges tend to go back when the actual change in circumstances took place. That's why if we go back ten years it's about 150k . Even if we go back 3 years it's around 80k, but his lawyer says that's a windfall and wealth transfer and I will not be successful.
He even brought up the child's budget, which obviously is very very minimal based on what my monthly income is .
Can someone help and guide what my options are and how to courts treat windfall and transfer of wealth , when father deliberately hid high income and didn't pay the correct child support. My child has only a year left for going to university and there is only one year left for child support and then post secondary kicks in. What are the chances to get backdated child support when the child is only staying under care for one year. Would this really be wealth transfer? Child support is the child's right which my son did not get and lived a very modest life. His life would have been so much different if father had stepped up and paid the correct support. My son suffered a lot and I have always been the one who feels guilty
Father makes almost 500k and lives outside of North America. Everything is paid through work benefits except groceries. He gets a number of benefits and bonuses that I can't prove to be added to pay as he says he cannot share the benefits manual as its " privileged" info and showed a page with redacted info that states he cannot reproduce or share that Manual! He says he could lose his job if he shares it! How can I deal with this and get him to disclose the manual ?
According to his lawyer c.s over 150k is treated differently. I make minimum wage and father hid his income for almost ten years that has now come to my knowledge. He had been operating a business that he didn't disclose. Arrears are over 150k based on my own calculation without taking into account his bonus and actual income.
His Lawyer says that child has always had a modest living and paying the actual child support according to guidelines is excessive. Also the arrears would be a windfall and transfer of wealth to mother.
Obviously I lives hand to mouth and wishing a tight budget for these many years and my child missed out on so many things such as sports / outings/ clothes etc. His needs were minimal because I have to live in a budget.
I did go in a lot of credit card debt and my credit history is ruined. Where I could afford a little bit before with credit cards , I dont have that option anymore. So yes, my child's living is very very modest. The new child support would be four times more than what he has been paying. And the arrears are well over 150k
As a rule , judges go back three years but where there is blameworthy conduct where income has been hid judges tend to go back when the actual change in circumstances took place. That's why if we go back ten years it's about 150k . Even if we go back 3 years it's around 80k, but his lawyer says that's a windfall and wealth transfer and I will not be successful.
He even brought up the child's budget, which obviously is very very minimal based on what my monthly income is .
Can someone help and guide what my options are and how to courts treat windfall and transfer of wealth , when father deliberately hid high income and didn't pay the correct child support. My child has only a year left for going to university and there is only one year left for child support and then post secondary kicks in. What are the chances to get backdated child support when the child is only staying under care for one year. Would this really be wealth transfer? Child support is the child's right which my son did not get and lived a very modest life. His life would have been so much different if father had stepped up and paid the correct support. My son suffered a lot and I have always been the one who feels guilty
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