Q: My husband's 16yr old decided she would like to live with her mother full time. Can his ex get more child support?
There are no rules at her mother's compared to our structured home. Her mother has bad-mouthed my husband since his daughter was 6 yrs old. Now, the daughter has this "Eff-U" attitude towards her father. The reason for her decision to stay at her mom's was that she was happier there. Of course, because not having to come to her dad's house means she doesn't have to deal with rules and discipline. We have 2 other younger teenagers in the house and they are not disrespectful to my husband and me. Her mother has often tried to get more money from my husband throughout the years. Now I'm afraid this will allow the mother to take my husband to court for more child support even though it wasn't his decision for her to live with the mother full time. Will he be forced to pay more child support?
A:
She will certainly have the right to request more support. I do not have any financial information that would allow me to indicate whether she would be successful or not, but considering he is already paying support it would seem likely.
The courts do not look into the reason why she wants to go live with mom, only the resulting timeshare of such a move.
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