So a month ago we reached an agreement on support. She's payed a bit. The hard stuff is done. But last week I got a letter stating that someone requested an adjustment in CS. Today, exW stepped down from her high income position to take one just below where she was, but making $14/hour, effectively cutting her income in half. I asked her if she requested an adjustment, she said that she is about to. I told her "you do realize I got the notice of the meeting last week, right?"
I thought things would be calm for longer.
She can't leave it alone.
What the heck?? She's demoting herself and will be making half the income? Why do you think she's doing that? I don't have a lot of experience with how CS works but my understanding is that once an agreement is reached it can't be changed just because the paying party decides they don't want to pay as much. IE, I don't think legally she can voluntarily take a lower paying position and cut the support she's paying because of it. I've heard of people losing their job completely and still being required to pay the same CS amount.
EDIT- did some Googling and saw on a law site that where a parent has "willfully reduced his or her income in order to avoid the obligation to pay" that typically the court will not allow a reduction in CS. So if she's voluntarily reducing her income then I don't think the court will look favorably on that.
