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Lunatink
I have and I'm still in the middle of the process. When we went to court last week my support went up by $300. This was with 50/50 custody and assuming I make $690 a month in earned income. It was my suggestion because I did need my child support to be raised since its been three years since we've gone to court over it however I did not want it raised so much that it was unfair of an amount to my ex. Prior to my surgery I worked off and on as an independent contractor with several different businesses. I was even a stay at home mom at times but never took ex to court as it was my choice an not his responsibility to take on. This all taken into account my ex was very angry that he has to even pay child support in the first place and was furious that it went up $300. So now out of fear and anger and no court order he is taking away my request to have the kids when he cannot be with them. Even though I have consistently shown that its about the kids and not about money.
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I'm reading through the forum and I notice that a lot of people are against "right of first refusal". What do parents do then instead? I've always offered the kids to my ex and him to me prior to this. Isn't in the best interest of the kids to be with one of their parents? Especially if they live within 10miles of each other?