Do You Have Recourse After Agreeing to Accept an Inadequate Amount of Support
My question involves a child custody case from the State of: PA
My ex husband is quite well off and intimidation led to me accepting a shotty deal to me because he knew I'd take it, just to get away from him. No judge was involved in anything, and I know he lied to his attorney who knew nothing of is affairs and intimidation technique...I signed his proposal and agreed to his demands , do I have any recourse? If the courts decided his support amountaccording to what a discovery form unveiled we might not be trying to get food stamps and facing losing our home...do I have any recourse?
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Without your own lawyer to put his feet to the fire, you end up no better off than you are now.
Re: Do You Have Recourse After Agreeing to Accept an Inadequate Amount of Support
If we are talking about a temporary order, you can ask that support be recalculated for a final order.
If we are talking about a final order for child support, the state's support formula dictates a larger amount of support, and the court made no findings to support an award that is significantly less than that which would be awarded under the state formula, you can likely get the amount of support recalculated.
Beyond that, is there a final order? If so, how long ago was it entered? When you run the state formula, how much more child support (a rough percentage, not a dollar figure) should you receive?
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If we are talking about a temporary order, you can ask that support be recalculated for a final order.
If we are talking about a final order for child support, the
state's support formula dictates a larger amount of support, and the court made no findings to support an award that is significantly less than that which would be awarded under the state formula, you can likely get the amount of support recalculated.
Beyond that, is there a final order? If so, how long ago was it entered? When you run the state formula, how much more child support (a rough percentage, not a dollar figure) should you receive?
If it is a final order, would the amount of time since it was entered factor in (I thought it did, on some states. I haven't looked up PA.), Mr. KIA??
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If it is a final order, would the amount of time since it was entered factor in (I thought it did, on some states. I haven't looked up PA.), Mr. KIA??
If proper procedures were followed and the support award is properly supported by the court's findings, then the court is not going to want to entertain an immediate petition for modification based upon a party's change of heart. So the facts and a time line are needed. If you choose, you can look for and share general information on modification; otherwise, we can worry about issues such as when a court will allow periodic review once we have that information.