Q: If you are divorced and court ordered to pay child support but the ex-spouse and child still live in home,do u hav 2 pay
A:
The other parent and child moving into the home is not an automatic ground to terminate the child support order. However, assuming this is a material change since the Decree was entered, you may have good grounds to ask the Court to terminate the child support due to the direct support being provided to the child as the co-primary parent with the child living in the home. It may be time to file an action to ask for the Court to terminate your child support order.
Keep in mind that if the child is receiving public assistance, you may need to update the public assistance records to accurately reflect the household and income at this time. If the child is receiving public assistance and you are showing as out-of-house to determine eligibility, the Court may be unwilling to terminate the child support and you may invite other issues.
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