I'm just full of questions lately..what can I say?
My ex works for one of the big 3 car makers..and they rountinely get laid off..now his child support is garnished through FRO. But I'm wondering (as this has happened before) if he were laid off for an extended period of time and arrears accumulated, lets say for a year..is he able to wait that year and then go to court and say 'hey I was laid off a year ago so can I lower my support payments?'
What is the timeline in which someone has to file for financial hardship..and is there a point of no return where the court says 'too bad you should have taken care of this earlier'
This has happened before, where he was laid off for 3yrs and never adjusted the amount of child support and his arrears grew..he didn't much care because he wasn't paying a dime anyways. I talked to my lawyer but she advised that they payee can not go in and ask for a reduction in support..its just not done that way.. I was hoping to finalize things and get the divorce done but the child support and spousal support issues were still outstanding, I was trying to ditch the spousal support he was paying but I wasn't allowed..go figure and since he had no income he couldn't pay his lawyer very often...
I'm probably one of the few ex wives in the world that says 'here I don't want your money, take the kids as often as you like and oh you didn't pay child support for 3 yrs..well lets just nevermind that..oh and by the way would ya finally divorce me?'lol and still it is not finished...7 long long years..sigh..what does a girl have to do?
Anyhow just curious in case this ever comes up again..
My ex works for one of the big 3 car makers..and they rountinely get laid off..now his child support is garnished through FRO. But I'm wondering (as this has happened before) if he were laid off for an extended period of time and arrears accumulated, lets say for a year..is he able to wait that year and then go to court and say 'hey I was laid off a year ago so can I lower my support payments?'
What is the timeline in which someone has to file for financial hardship..and is there a point of no return where the court says 'too bad you should have taken care of this earlier'
This has happened before, where he was laid off for 3yrs and never adjusted the amount of child support and his arrears grew..he didn't much care because he wasn't paying a dime anyways. I talked to my lawyer but she advised that they payee can not go in and ask for a reduction in support..its just not done that way.. I was hoping to finalize things and get the divorce done but the child support and spousal support issues were still outstanding, I was trying to ditch the spousal support he was paying but I wasn't allowed..go figure and since he had no income he couldn't pay his lawyer very often...
I'm probably one of the few ex wives in the world that says 'here I don't want your money, take the kids as often as you like and oh you didn't pay child support for 3 yrs..well lets just nevermind that..oh and by the way would ya finally divorce me?'lol and still it is not finished...7 long long years..sigh..what does a girl have to do?
Anyhow just curious in case this ever comes up again..
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