bambi... if that was for me, I DO pay support, every month, by the 5th of the month, as per the court order. Even for the months of June, July, and August when the kids are in my physical custody. Even though the judge basically lied when he said I HAD to pay, I went by what he said, and agreed to the amount in order to get the divorce done with. Now that it's signed, I have to pay. And pay, I do.
PoohBear... Yup, Judge Perkins ruled in favor of the NCP in that one. That was on the 1st of March. On March 29th, the state appealed. So right now, it's in limbo so to speak, and judges still issue support orders based on those guidelines. If you'd like, you can look here
http://www.gachildsupport.org/ People from Georgia that post on this board might find it helpful in keeping track of whats going on with the ruling. I'd hope that if the legislature passes any reforms, that those of us who were ordered to pay under these current guidelines would be able to go and have modifications done based on the new guidelines. Now, before anyone thinks I'm saying that I don't want to pay CS, I didn't say that. I just think that the guidelines should be fair, and consider both incomes into the equation. I make $10,000 a year. I pay $2900 of that to CS. My ex makes about $50,000 a year, plus gets $2900 more from me, tax free. So, his income is really $52,900. Mine is really $7,100. After my taxes, (and BTW, Georgia CS is on gross income. So they take that 29% of my gross, and I still pay TAXES on that same gross amount) which would be about $2,000 a year (State, Federal, FICA, and Medicare) that leaves me with a grand total income for the year of about $5,100. Ex's income... $52,900 My income after taxes and CS.... $5,100. Even after my ex's taxes, he'd have around $40,000 worth of net income. And he gets all the tax breaks too. NCP's get none. I live on $5000 a year, he lives on $40,000. No, I dont think the guidelines are fair. But yes, I still pay my CS. And until there is a change, I'll continue to do so.
