My wife and I have both obtained lawyers and are trying to settle out of court. I owe her about a $20000 NFP payment from the calculations so far.
She has custody of the kids full time currently, and both are in school full time. She is claiming that she can't earn more than $7500 per year, which puts my SSAG child+spousal support payment (mid-range) at a place where I won't be able to pay my own bills (and by this I mean rent + utilities + transportation to work and $150 per month for food - that's it - not a penny extra).
Also, as part of her position, she has demanded that I obtain a personal loan to pay her any amount owed to her.
A couple of questions to help determine my next best course of action:
1. Would court likely impute income of a more reasonable amount (like $10000-$20000)? This would lower the spousal support amount significantly.
2. Would court likely force me to obtain a personal loan (when it's clear that based on current amounts I can't even hope to obtain it)?
3. Would court force me to pay her legal fees when it would appear that she is unwilling to negotiate any reasonable settlement?
Any suggestions or advice for this situation? We seem to be at a stalemate where I simply cannot afford any more payments of that capacity, and she is unwilling to go to work for any significant amount of income.
She has custody of the kids full time currently, and both are in school full time. She is claiming that she can't earn more than $7500 per year, which puts my SSAG child+spousal support payment (mid-range) at a place where I won't be able to pay my own bills (and by this I mean rent + utilities + transportation to work and $150 per month for food - that's it - not a penny extra).
Also, as part of her position, she has demanded that I obtain a personal loan to pay her any amount owed to her.
A couple of questions to help determine my next best course of action:
1. Would court likely impute income of a more reasonable amount (like $10000-$20000)? This would lower the spousal support amount significantly.
2. Would court likely force me to obtain a personal loan (when it's clear that based on current amounts I can't even hope to obtain it)?
3. Would court force me to pay her legal fees when it would appear that she is unwilling to negotiate any reasonable settlement?
Any suggestions or advice for this situation? We seem to be at a stalemate where I simply cannot afford any more payments of that capacity, and she is unwilling to go to work for any significant amount of income.
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