Both my common law spouse and I are divorced. We are considering remarriage, however want to explore the impacts on our individual situations.
Eventually (when the FRO catches up) I will be in receipt of a miniscule amount of child support (10 year old daughter) from my ex spouse. The small amount is due to his inability to remain employed for any length of period.
My common law spouse is paying spousal support as well as "child" support for post secondary education for what appears to be intentional prolonging of graduation! The ex spouse has already made it clear that they will be pursuing the "child" support dollars once the education ceases, claiming that they rightfully belong to them.
My common law spouse will need to replace a vehicle within the next year and has hopes of using that "found" money once the child support ceases. He lives on less than half his income and the remainder largely pays for his debt accumulated during the process of paying off his ex spouse for pension monies that he won't see for many years.
Does the court ever take a serious look at these situations?
My question on this piece is what impact does our remarriage have on a court looking at the reallocation of those support funds? Our "new" family has a young child to support as well as collectively a large amount of debt. I suspect that unless we are living on the street in a cardboard box and triggering some form of social assistance, nobody really cares! I have read the proposed support guidelines published back at the beginning of this year and I am disappointed to see that individual circumstances are largely ignored and the courts can't be bothered with the details that affect individual day to day life.
Anyway, I am hopeful that something will eventually make sense in our laws and the way in which they are interpreted and applied.
Jeff, do you have any answers, comments, suggestions?
Thanks
Eventually (when the FRO catches up) I will be in receipt of a miniscule amount of child support (10 year old daughter) from my ex spouse. The small amount is due to his inability to remain employed for any length of period.
My common law spouse is paying spousal support as well as "child" support for post secondary education for what appears to be intentional prolonging of graduation! The ex spouse has already made it clear that they will be pursuing the "child" support dollars once the education ceases, claiming that they rightfully belong to them.
My common law spouse will need to replace a vehicle within the next year and has hopes of using that "found" money once the child support ceases. He lives on less than half his income and the remainder largely pays for his debt accumulated during the process of paying off his ex spouse for pension monies that he won't see for many years.
Does the court ever take a serious look at these situations?
My question on this piece is what impact does our remarriage have on a court looking at the reallocation of those support funds? Our "new" family has a young child to support as well as collectively a large amount of debt. I suspect that unless we are living on the street in a cardboard box and triggering some form of social assistance, nobody really cares! I have read the proposed support guidelines published back at the beginning of this year and I am disappointed to see that individual circumstances are largely ignored and the courts can't be bothered with the details that affect individual day to day life.
Anyway, I am hopeful that something will eventually make sense in our laws and the way in which they are interpreted and applied.
Jeff, do you have any answers, comments, suggestions?
Thanks
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