ohio child support modification

[htech70]

What is the name of your state? OhioMy wife when she divorced had an awful lawyer. She wanted to get out of her hellish marriage and agreed with the awful terms. Due to health reasons my wife is only able to work part time. Her ex works full time at a Govt. Co. and makes excellent pay. At the time my wife agreed to splitting medical 50/50 and support by Ohio guidelines came to over $700 and she agreed to $400 We cannot give her 2 kids the quality of life they had before her divorce. They are growing like weeds and keep needing new clothing which ex does not contribute to. He also does not help with their extracurricular activities such as: bowling basketball Before their divorce he promised his 12 yr. old son that if the son could save half for a computer he would pay for the other half, which he has not done to my stepsons disappointment. I came into this marriage without any bills, so we are not going for a modification to pay our bills but to help HIS kids. Do we have to wait any length of time, and what if my wifes caseworker is a $%#@ and does not help my wife? Thank you for all replies.

 

[Cookie97128]

How long ago since the divorce?
How long ago since the support order?

 

[htech70]

the divorce and support order were about 1 1/2 yrs ago

 

[EEck]

going through the cs office you may have to wait 3 years...but my attorney told me that cs can be taken back whenever either party wants....but you'll have to use an attorney if the cs caseworker does not want to run it through the courts because it hasn't been 3 years..I am in Ohio also...good luck!

 

[VeronicaGia]

You may be able to go for a modification, but he will likely insist that her income be imputed to the amount she was making when she worked full time.

It works both ways; his income would likely be imputed too, if he only worked part time.