Q: What happens when the other party fails to provide proof of income for a child support modification?
I lost my full time job and filed for a modification, but since she failed to provide her proof of income, they based hers off of minimum wage and based mine of off my last job which was $2300 a month. I don't qualify for unemployment and I am bringing in only $300 a month from cleaning pools. I feel like this wasn't handled correctly by our caseworker. Is this a normal solution to this type of situation?
A: It doesn't sound like it as they appear to have used income that you were telling them was out of date. Child support court is weird, though. In theory, you should not need a lawyer to be treated correctly in any court. In my experience, though, if you don't have a lawyer in child support court, you run a higher risk of having bizarre (for lack of a better term) results like yours.
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