Re: Appeal with No Judgment
I can't read the court's order from here. Perhaps the court certified an issue for appellate review. If a judgment does exist, as suggested by your second question, perhaps all we're talking about is a stay pending the outcome of appeal.
Re: Appeal with No Judgment
Thank you for your response.
I found out today that the "judge" was actually a court referee that only makes recommendations to a real judge that would only sign off on the recommendation in five days if an appeal (contest) to the recommendation was not filed by either party. There was no court order, only a recommendation. Now the case will go before a real judge in circuit court. Neither party was aware that the court referee was not a judge. There is no actual order because it was not signed by a judge.
Now the question is changed:
If the procedure for calculating child support was completed correctly in the previous court session, what could possibly change the outcome? All of the information from both parties is correct. There are no extra expenses for medical, school, dental, etc. No past due amounts. It appears that the ex-wife is just angry that child support is being lowered. Also, shouldn't the reduction be effective retroactively to the date of filing for the reduction?
Re: Appeal with No Judgment
If child support was properly calculated and nobody is arguing that there should be a departure from the guidelines, one would expect the same figure to be reached if the same numbers are presented at a subsequent hearing.
Child support modifications are generally retroactive to the date of filing.