How to Convince a Court to Use Actual, Not Imputed, Income
I wrote earlier and I would like a little more help please. I am getting half my check garnished already for 2 cases, 3 kids. I am only working @ 8.00 20 hours per week and have been trying since dec of last year to get a full time job again, more hours or pay and have yet to be sucessful. I do not have an education dropped out in 9th grade and have no work history not to mention the unemployement is at its all time high. I have proof of all the applications (about 3 per month if not more) that i have filled out looking for a job. What else can I do to help my case so that they will change the order to income I ACTUALLY MAKE instead of income imputed at 8.00 working 40 hours per week. What kinds of questions will the judge ask me. I have my kids more than my share and I just dont want to end up on the streets because of child support.
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I wrote earlier and I would like a little more help please. I am getting half my check garnished already for 2 cases, 3 kids. I am only working @ 8.00 20 hours per week and have been trying since dec of last year to get a full time job again, more hours or pay and have yet to be sucessful. I do not have an education dropped out in 9th grade and have no work history not to mention the unemployement is at its all time high. I have proof of all the applications (about 3 per month if not more) that i have filled out looking for a job. What else can I do to help my case so that they will change the order to income I ACTUALLY MAKE instead of income imputed at 8.00 working 40 hours per week. What kinds of questions will the judge ask me. I have my kids more than my share and I just dont want to end up on the streets because of child support.
If you had been making a full effort to find a full time job, you would've been able to take proof into court. However, since you have not been making much of an effort then you can expect to be imputed a full time income.
At this point, even if you begin a real effort, your past lack of effort is going to hurt you.
Look at it this way- you are working only 20 hours per week, a Judge will view that as you having 20 hours a week to look for work, and 3 applications a month just isn't going to mean anything.
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Thank you for your advice (both hard and good) I appreciate it and YES i have been actively looking and have proof . I copied all the applications and have submitted resumes via fax and have proof of that too. I am not asking for a decrease in child support but am asking that they not RAISE it as it already was raised in december. I am not trying to get out of child support. this woman is vindictive my wife had a PPO on her..need i say more? she falsified that she is paying 300 in child care and i cannot prove she is lying and i know this because i talk to her friends and family. also she reports that she works 40-60 hours per week and goes to school which is a lie and impossible. again thank you
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If the order is only from December, why would it be raised now?
That makes no sense.
Why is working full time and going to school impossible?
Where the heck are you going with this?
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If the order is only from December, why would it be raised now?
That makes no sense.
Apparently the OP has filed an appeal and has been granted a rehearing.
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Apparently the OP has filed an appeal and has been granted a rehearing.
It's just earlier in this same thread, OP said he doesn't want it to decrease...he just doesn't want it to increase since December.
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I am not asking for a decrease in child support but am asking that they not RAISE it as it already was raised in december.
My question is that if the order was made since December why would it have been increased at all?
What exactly is he appealing? The December order?
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