angeleyzad
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What is the name of your state? maine
the background -
I've been divorced from my 2 sons' father for 4 years now. I remarried afterwards, and have a child on the way. The original child support order had a deviation for the expense of him traveling for his visits. He had moved to another city, about 30 miles away (in the same state). He then lost that job, and moved back to his home state (1 state away), which put him at 125 miles away. He also worked 2 jobs, 1 full time and 1 part time. Now, he has moved yet again, to another state (2 states away from me), which has him at 225 miles away from me. He has a new full time job, and is still employed at the part time job that he had. The deviation that he originally had is still in effect, and we will be going back to court for contempt charges that I filed (he hasn't paid CS in about 7 weeks), plus I have no contact info for him (he has moved several times, and changed jobs, and all I have is a cell phone number which he never answers). To top it off, I am pregnant, due in 4 weeks, and can't afford a lawyer to do all this. I know he is going to ask for a reduced amount of child support, he has told me that he has overpaid me for the last 2 years (one of our sons is in school, so his daycare cost went down slightly); he never put in to modify CS, so he cannot claim that he overpaid. His child support has always come out of his part time job, which I am trying to get changed to his full time job.
My question -
I know that he will be asking for more of a deviation for traveling expenses. Am I required to pay (take a reduction in my child support) to cover his traveling expenses when it was his decision to move out of the state? He keeps moving further away, too. The original divorce/custody/child support agreement states that he was going to move closer to me by the time the oldest started school (a year and a half ago, and he has moved 5 times as far as he was in the beginning). Should I be required to compensate for his traveling? Or should that added expense fall on his shoulders? Please help.
the background -
I've been divorced from my 2 sons' father for 4 years now. I remarried afterwards, and have a child on the way. The original child support order had a deviation for the expense of him traveling for his visits. He had moved to another city, about 30 miles away (in the same state). He then lost that job, and moved back to his home state (1 state away), which put him at 125 miles away. He also worked 2 jobs, 1 full time and 1 part time. Now, he has moved yet again, to another state (2 states away from me), which has him at 225 miles away from me. He has a new full time job, and is still employed at the part time job that he had. The deviation that he originally had is still in effect, and we will be going back to court for contempt charges that I filed (he hasn't paid CS in about 7 weeks), plus I have no contact info for him (he has moved several times, and changed jobs, and all I have is a cell phone number which he never answers). To top it off, I am pregnant, due in 4 weeks, and can't afford a lawyer to do all this. I know he is going to ask for a reduced amount of child support, he has told me that he has overpaid me for the last 2 years (one of our sons is in school, so his daycare cost went down slightly); he never put in to modify CS, so he cannot claim that he overpaid. His child support has always come out of his part time job, which I am trying to get changed to his full time job.
My question -
I know that he will be asking for more of a deviation for traveling expenses. Am I required to pay (take a reduction in my child support) to cover his traveling expenses when it was his decision to move out of the state? He keeps moving further away, too. The original divorce/custody/child support agreement states that he was going to move closer to me by the time the oldest started school (a year and a half ago, and he has moved 5 times as far as he was in the beginning). Should I be required to compensate for his traveling? Or should that added expense fall on his shoulders? Please help.