My question involves a child custody case from the State of: Michigan
Hello everyone,
I'm looking for some guidance of where to go now. My daughters mother took me back to court for an increase in child support. I provided my W2 and paycheck stubs during my intake with the clerk. My W2 shows that I make less money per year than my current YTD on my paycheck stubs because my work has unpaid time off coming up through the holidays. The initial clerk calculated my income showing I made $1,000 more a month than what I actually make on my paycheck stubs. My vacation pay is automatically paid out every quarter and I was thinking maybe that was where the error occurred. I had another clerk look at it and she made an adjustment but it was still $600 a month more than what I make. I was running out of time to appeal so I paid an attorney to go to a referee hearing. We were very specific regarding my income. I provided my current paycheck stubs, my W2 again, and a letter from my employer stating I do not have the ability to make overtime and my income is 40 hours a week. I have no other income, no retirement, nothing. I get my referee recommendation and they have my income calculated even higher than the first clerk input. At this point I'm dumbfounded. They have me calculated making over $12,000 more a year than I have ever made in my whole life. I calculate my current YTD total divided by the number of weeks worked thus far and it comes out less than my hourly wage at 40 hours (more unpaid time off previously in the year). Me and my attorney have tried to explain this to them until we were blue in the face. I have no idea where to turn next. Its ridiculous. How can they calculate me making a substantial amount of money more than I have ever made in my life? A friend said to call the governor to have someone higher review my case. I've already paid $3,000 in attorneys fees to correct their error. Why do I need to keep paying for an attorney to fix the friend of the courts error? My income is simple math, black and white. How do they keep getting it wrong? Please help.Note, I have no problem paying child support for what my correct income actually is if they could actually get it right.

