Q: Does my new husbands income get taken into account if I try to modify the child support that I receive from my ex?
Ex husband seems to be making much more now than during the divorce. I now have a low paying part time job. Would my job and my new husbands income be taken into account and cause child support payments to be LESS if I were to try and modify? Pretty sure the ex husband is making more than 200k/yr now. He has purchased new, over the top vehicles (not trading in current vehicles), purchased a larger home, getting expensive additions added to his home and is frequently going on expensive trips.
A: Only the parents income is used for purposes of calculating each parties gross monthly income for child support. A spouse of a parents income is not added to the worksheet. However, if you have questions like this, I would see if you and your spouse can get the funds together to hire an attorney, should you decide to move forward with a modification.
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