Q: My spouse had a baby while we were broken up
We were broken up and he had another baby, now she is coming for support. I do have a support case in action for 420 a month but that was before he got his new job. We never went and adjusted our original support order from 1 year ago, but he has been giving me cash and helping pay daycare for our son out of pocket. He went for his other support and they are saying he owes her 900 a month in support. He appealed it and now I'm upset because that isn't fair to my son first off and secondly the two amounts combined are over 50% of his monthly net income. He will have to work 60+ hours a week to make enough to pay support and pay his own bills and that doesn't calculate in what my son needs to attend day care. Now I want to know if before they go back for the appeal hearing can I go and have my child support raised so my child doesn't get treated unfairly and leave me unable to pay his daycare expenses so I can work. Will raising my support lower what he has to pay for this other child?
A:
You can certainly file a petition to increase your child support, and it doesn't sound like you have anything to lose by doing so. Doesn't seem like your child support will go *down* in any case. As to your last question, maybe . . .
Give it a shot. Best of luck to you.
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