Q: I'm staying home mom homeschooling my children. Will the court require me to find a day job when going through a divorce
We plan to divorce with an agreement about our assets. I may have a few hundred thousand in assets but I don't work at this time. I have an online business that doesn't bring serious money yet. I'm working on it. I would like to continue homeschooling my boys and I would like to know how the court handles the homeschooling situation. Will the court require me to find a day job to show the income? Is there another way to solve it? I thought about living for a year on a settlement money and work hard to make my business thrive. I would appreciate your answer.
A: Child support and custody are thE two issues in any divorce. If the Court asked you, "maam, what is your monthly income?" What would you say? Are you treating the "settlement money" like an annuity? I.e., taking a monthly sum every month? The Court will want to so a CS calculation, because they're told they must. So, be prepared to give a monthly "income" amount for purposes of CS.
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