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  • What to do when a Parent claims they're broke?

    Okay how do you deal with this situation. Parents had Sep agreement and agreed to offset of Table amount having 50/50 shared care. Agreed amount was/is $600/ mo for 2 children Parent A is "Dad" Parent B is "mom"
    A makes roughly 37k...B makes roughly 80k. B moves due to finacial Constraints and takes it upon herself to lower child support stating she makes less now...A gets FRO involved because of B using Support as blackmail as well as threats of revoking, and arrears...... FRO garnishes B's wages now B has 2 jobs both casual not taking any shifts at one and not taking enough shifts at other to meet her support obligation.... A has paid the majority of all extra expenses on top of now not receiving child support from B. FRO states B made contact and claims she is broke and cannot pay.... FRO also states no action can be taken until B is 3 months in arrears B is only $100 in arrears but that will change to $700 at end of month IF there are no payments made....kids are suffering.

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    you are in a tight situation and a lawyer getting involved will only cost more... won't FRO garnish her EI once she is able to collect?
    I'm thinking that you're going to be going without for sometime...
    Maybe someone else has more knowledge or better information for you...
    Good luck

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    • #3
      FRO was going to look into if she was recieving EI but we havent called back about it yet, and no tried the lawyer route...we fired ours but still owe ovwr 6 k
      They sent letter to her employer you know the threat one that if they didnt comply with garnishment they will be fined...but thats when we found out she wasnt taking enough shifts to even pay support.


      The problem is the wonderful CourtOrdered 16 week schedule, she cannot find full time employment that will work arond it ...well duh..... and she has hour and a half drives about 4 days a week on average each way to pick daughter up and take her back to her house....Court stuck her in bad position too

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      • #4
        Originally posted by ConcernenedStepMom78 View Post
        FRO was going to look into if she was recieving EI but we havent called back about it yet, and no tried the lawyer route...we fired ours but still owe ovwr 6 k
        They sent letter to her employer you know the threat one that if they didnt comply with garnishment they will be fined...but thats when we found out she wasnt taking enough shifts to even pay support.


        The problem is the wonderful CourtOrdered 16 week schedule, she cannot find full time employment that will work arond it ...well duh..... and she has hour and a half drives about 4 days a week on average each way to pick daughter up and take her back to her house....Court stuck her in bad position too
        It seems like you want B to pay more than their fare share. B makes less and you agree, but still want B to pay based on what they were making before? That does not sound reasonable.

        Like anyone, incomes can be reduced or stop at any time, and we all need to have the ability to survive those times. Sounds like B is suffering a significantly reduced income.

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        • #5
          See thats just it we didnt..nothing has changed other than her lowering her income...B worked an 86k a year job,that she worked at for 6 years and had the same earnings, then moved and little by little decreased her employment and eaningsgs. B was already paying less than table amount for 2 kids, one of the kids lives with us 100% of time, the other 40-50 and sometimes more, yet we have never changed the amount, increased or decreased...B pays $600/mo for 2 kids

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          • #6
            Also B lost all her extended benefits...she is still listed at her one job as Casual so she can retain her 10 year senority.

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            • #7
              Sorry 10 years not 6

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              • #8
                B Moved an hour and a half due to finacial Constraints at an 86k a year job, only having to pay $600 a month...she now has 2 casual jobs but wo't take any shifts, B is a Nurse and its not like she would have difficulty finding employment....On the other hand A is responsible for his kids finacial well-being because on top of B not Paying A has forked out over $900 in s.7 costs that B wont contribute a dime to, A is also solely responsible for me while I am immigrating as well as my childrens support obligation because I canot work legally yet, but despite all that A is not asking for more tham the $600/ mo that he has gotten since 2008.

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                • #9
                  $900 in last year

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                  • #10
                    You need to get her income imputed. Sounds like she intentionally is under employed.

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                    • #11
                      How do you get income imputed?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by rwm1273 View Post
                        You need to get her income imputed. Sounds like she intentionally is under employed.
                        Who in their right mind would be 'intentionally underemployed'? This is a BS attitude.

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                        • #13
                          billm you have to look at the timeline....couple sepereated Parent B was working Fulltime, and picking up extra shifts as an RN earning about 86k a year.....Parent B moves 100km, her employment still in same city as before move......Parent B claims to take stress leave for 6 weeks due to litigation......Parent B claims she is working less in December 2009 right before christmas and supposedly her attorney advises her to lower support on her own...(without a court order) Throughout this whole time Parent B is sending emails to parent A stating things like she will keep parent A on her extended benefits IF Parent A loweres Support amount) Parent B tells Parent A he should be a man live within his means and not take child support Parent B has said she will stop paying Support, also told Parent B that he should go through FRO to get his childrens payments from her, and admitted she may owe him more (arears) Now Parent B takes a job she has 10 year senority at with benefits, pension, union, and flushes it...she claims she cannot work it any longer it is too difficult on her Parent B is 34 yrs old...Parent B stays on at original Job to maintain sentority BUT only as Casual...(However she only has to take one shift a month to maintaiin her status)....Parent B gets a second Job halfway between cities....Parent B claims she will work 8 shifts in 2 weeks...Now as we find out she is behind in support payments FRO phones her "New" employer only to discover she isnt taking enough shifts to cover child support at $600/mo.....This isn't a hard equation Parent B has had earinings of 70-86,000 for past 12-13 years but now she barely makes enough to cover child support? do the math

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                          • #14
                            FRO actually said this is noy uncommon and many parents will go on welfare just so they do not have to pay...Parent B hates that "she has to pay Parent A" Parent B thinks she is supporting parent A and actually said in court that she should not have to pay to support Parent A...Parent A's former attorney told her off and said you are NOT paying to support him you are paying to support your kids.....Aside from that Parent B has refused to assist in any extra costs for kids, but she will take her daughter to a fair, buy her needless things, take her out to eat regualarly etc.... oh but I guess its okay because Parent A has forked out over $900 in last year for s.7 expenses and Parent A paid $3 for her daughters planner, so I guess thats good.....Oh and this past holiday weekend Parent B topped the cake....She took her daughter to fair...for her weekend visit, when the daughter came back to us on Monday Morn she said mommy didnt have thanksgiving ...I guess she forgot, but would not allow the daughter to spend it with us and we had a huge dinner on saturday with family, thank god for leftovers because we were able to put together a tg dinner for her with candlelight and cranberry juice in wine glasses

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                            • #15
                              Anyone who goes on welfare just so they don't have to pay CS is a LOSER.

                              Is there a desert island where these idiots can be shipped?

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