what are calculations for child support? It is usually a strict percentage.
if you have any education, the judge (at least in my experience with courts) will look at what you are most likely able to make (not neccessarily what you DO make) to divide other areas...
L calculated anywhere from $1,250 to $1,600 for CS, monthly
I have a bachelor's degree. But since I've been a SAHM for nearly eight years, he can - to be "fair" - plug in minimum wage for me. Technically in NC, moms aren't "required" to factor in income until their youngest child is three, apparently. But my youngest DD will be three in June, so we're plugging in a minimum-wage job for me "just to be fair."
Starsky,
The problem is that we live essentially paycheck to paycheck. His first job wasn't enough to pay the mortgage plus bills plus groceries. That's why H had to find a second job. He does not share that second-job income with me. So, I've been living off of his income from his first job, which NEVER paid all the bills. Therefore, even with all the income from that first job, I could never pay the mortgage plus utilities plus groceries. So now that he's pulled $1,300/month - which is even MORE than our mortgage payment - I will not be able to save a DIME. In fact, not only can I NOT pay mortgage now, but he's eating into another $80 of utilities/grocery money by withholding $1,300/month.
Does that make sense? I will not be saving SQUAT by squatting here now.
M: 40 H: 44 Married 14 years S11 & D6; D20 & D19 from previous M 2BDs/PAs, 8 years apart Piecing: April 2014
