I'm currently negotiating with my ex-wife for the separation agreement.
We have shared custody, therefor the amount that I owe her is significantly lower then what I would owe her if she had full custody. All of her friends and family think she should take me to the cleaner, and because she's heard it so many times, she thinks it's her right to get more money from me. The recent proposal she sent, she would earn 51% of our combined salary. I would hand over 30% of my income, before taxes, so roughly half of my net income to her.
I've tried to reason with her, I've given her the child support guidelines book, and highlighted my arguments. My first offer was the bare minimum from the guidelines, and, I've brought it up since then a bit. But, we're so far apart.
To date, our relationship as co-parent has been superb mostly. We've been able to seperate the financial haggling with the parenting aspect, and able to work great together for our daughter.
has anyone gone through this? I'm afraid we'll really butt heads and go off to court. Neither one of us has the money to go to court, so we'll end up with nothing. And, it might completly ruin our relationship for ever, and our daughter will be harmed if this happens.
We have shared custody, therefor the amount that I owe her is significantly lower then what I would owe her if she had full custody. All of her friends and family think she should take me to the cleaner, and because she's heard it so many times, she thinks it's her right to get more money from me. The recent proposal she sent, she would earn 51% of our combined salary. I would hand over 30% of my income, before taxes, so roughly half of my net income to her.
I've tried to reason with her, I've given her the child support guidelines book, and highlighted my arguments. My first offer was the bare minimum from the guidelines, and, I've brought it up since then a bit. But, we're so far apart.
To date, our relationship as co-parent has been superb mostly. We've been able to seperate the financial haggling with the parenting aspect, and able to work great together for our daughter.
has anyone gone through this? I'm afraid we'll really butt heads and go off to court. Neither one of us has the money to go to court, so we'll end up with nothing. And, it might completly ruin our relationship for ever, and our daughter will be harmed if this happens.
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