Q: do I have any say?
My ex and I have a son together and she and I agreed that I would pay the power bill at the house she is in in lieu of child support. She is in a house with 10 people now. I only have legal obligation to one person in that house and that’s the minor child. My question is, if I pay the full amount of the bill do I have a say over how much power gets used in that house?
A: You really should just pay whatever amount of child support you are required to pay under child support guidelines and then you would not have to be concerned with these other petty issues. That would likely be a significant burden you'd no longer have to be concerned with. As to what say you have, there is what say you in fact have and what say you ought to have. I have no idea what say you in fact have - that is mostly up to the people in the house. As to what say you ought to have - likely none. Your 'say' should be limited to you simply either paying the bill or not and suffering what ever consequences that may cause you depending on whether the bill is in your name or not. Best of luck.
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