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Thank you all for the information.
I think my course of action will be to draw up a letter and say no child support either way going forward since we split the kids 50-50, and to split extracurricular activities 50-50.
If she fights it, I will then go and impute her income and she might end up paying me.
I am willing to fight that. In the mean time, I will pay her the amount I have been paying her due to her mat leave as a sigh of good faith (even though if she were back to work, she would be paying me).
At the end of it all, I just want what is fair and not be taken advantage of.
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Originally posted by BrentF View PostThank you all for the information.
I think my course of action will be to draw up a letter and say no child support either way going forward since we split the kids 50-50, and to split extracurricular activities 50-50.
If she fights it, I will then go and impute her income and she might end up paying me.
I am willing to fight that. In the mean time, I will pay her the amount I have been paying her due to her mat leave as a sigh of good faith (even though if she were back to work, she would be paying me).
At the end of it all, I just want what is fair and not be taken advantage of.
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One line of reasoning, though it may not be the best to use as it may be irrelevant.
She has no income from a job. Her husband is supporting her. She is a package deal - he can't support her and not her kids (or alternatively, she can't accept support from her husband and not share it with her kids). She has income, it is coming from her husband.
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Her income should combine with her husbands.
One thing to look at is hardship. If it's either support or the mortgage payment, then you have a clear case for hardship. Just prove it by showing all the financials and costs. I wouldn't outright deny support.
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I had to think about this one for awhile but here is my opinion. Is this any different from any woman that goes on maternity leave and then doesn't go back to work? That couple makes do on less income. You don't go crying to someone else to pay for your decision. In my view things should be for BrentF as they were if his ex was working full time. Income at that level should be imputed to her. BrentF should not pay for his ex-wife's decision to have another baby and not go back to work. He should fight this.
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