You should probably slack off a lot on your job in order to earn less income. That way when the court decides how much you need to shell out to your wife for child custody you monthly payments will be lower. Besides, your kid(s) will be staying with you too right? Isn't it bullshit how this country thinks that it is the husband's job to pay for the wife's home, when he has to house his child too? Yea the monthly payments can be reassessed, but maybe you can work another job without the government knowing.