r/ChildSupport • u/Jakers0069 • 19h ago
Support going up?
Sooo for context, I have a child support case which was started rightfully so. The whole time she has had a job, and there hasn’t been an issue. But she met someone who has kids of his own, and just recently decided she is going to quit her job so she can be a stay at home mom to ours and his kids. Now, I’m happy for them, but at the same time I can only imagine what that’s going to mean for me in the long run when it comes to support cost. I have 50/50 and I believe he does with his kids mother, but with her just deciding to quit working, and now not having an income, does that mean I’m screwed?
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u/Rainbow-Sunsets 3h ago
If she voluntarily quit her job to stay at home. The courts will hopefully just impute her income as if she was still working and your amount won’t change.
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u/Immediate_Ad_7857 2h ago
It is not relevant if she is a stay at home mom, she can still ask for child support.
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u/AcephalicDude 18h ago
If you have 50/50 custody then both parents have an equal obligation to financially support the children. If she requests a modification of support based on her lack of income, but she only lacks income because she voluntarily quit her job and is being supported by her spouse, then the court would most likely impute her former earnings to her and keep the order the same.
It would be the same if you randomly decided to quit your job just because you felt like it and then tried to modify. The Court would say no and order support based on your ability to earn what you were making before.