We are almost finished with our divorce settlement however, we have one sticky point. I live in Michigan and work for a Railroad. I receive an hourly rate or days pay that equals the following:
brakeman: $169.00 per day
Conductor : $180 per day
Then we have arbitraries which ARE NOT guaranteed income, but you can recieve them if you qualify, these are:
late lunch: $7.50 per day
Remote Control locomotive $17.50 per day.
Friend of the court based my income on last years W-2's which included conductor pay, late lunches, remote control and overtime. Can these be included into my child support?
The company is now refusing to pay late lunches and I no longer work a remote control job which is a loss of $400 per month. I normally net between $1300 and $1500 every 2 weeks depending on overtime and my arbitraries. Friend of the court is ordering me to pay $1400 per month in child support for 3 children-no pousal support (only married 3 years). My attorney says theres nothing I can do unless there is a change in circumstances. "I would say the above is a significant change" I guess my ? is.. Can they take 1/2 your income for child support and can they include overtime and non-guaranteed money or are they suppose to base it on you hourly wage at 40 hours per week? which is also not guaranteed. The Railroad is a very odd place to work, its not a normal 9-5 job.

