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I did freelance work for a year and "ex" wants her cut for child support?
Back in 2008, I lost my job and so started doing freelance (Graphic Designs) and created my own website for advertising. This was my main source of income as I was looking for a job. The ex-wife found out about it and wanted to claim her part as she was pounding in court that I have my own business which is not. Thought I'm making money, it was just barely enough to pay for rent and utilities. Can she be right about it?
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1 :
say thank you to her lawyer --- thats TOTALLY somethign a lawyer would push her to do. Were you paying her child support? If not, and you should have been, yeah...you have a problem there.
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She can absolutely have the courts award a portion of those proceeds towards child support... If you two had been together and you lost your job then the family would have had to accommodate for the change in income, if you free lanced in order to help relieve some pressure that would have accommodated the family unit as well, and therefore the same principles hold when the parents are no longer together... Just because you were out of a job doesn't mean the child didn't still need to eat, didn't need a warm place to sleep, didn't need clothes on their back... Man up, and be willing to accept that you screwed your child over and need to help take care of that child however you can... Now if the arguement was that you were making $100k then went to $40k and she wants the same as she would have gotten at $100k that is wrong... Do people not know how to look at these situations logically and realize that in the center of everything that there is a CHILD that needs to be taken care of... Not an this ex against that ex but an INNOCENT CHILD!!!
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That's exactly the sort of income that you must pay part of for child support. Come on, you knew that. If it isn't a business, what exactly is it? You have to claim it on taxes, dude.
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It's not like the kid(s) stop having needs, when you lose your job.
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Have you been paying the child support the court ordered you to pay the entire time? If you have, then it is her job to petition an order of modification of the original child support order, she cant just get her "cut" of it. Second, if you were ordered to pay child support and you just stopped paying it when you lost your job and did not petition for a modification then you will still owe all the back support plus 3-5% interest, and depending on how far behind you are you could be held in contempt of court and be put in jail. Ok, now if you did petition a modification and it was granted, as long as you are making those payments and if what you are doing is not guaranteed income, the court cannot make you pay more child support on what you "might" make. The court can only figure child support on guaranteed income.
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If you earned money, you owed some of it to your kids. Sorry buddy.
7 :
If you only earned a dollar, you still owe your kid 17 cents.
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Sorry man, but that's legal income. That counts, and it can be factored into a child support calculation. It's your DUTY to pay what your KIDS (not the ex) are entitled to. I hope you stop looking at child support as a "me vs. the ex" situation; you're kids are the only real losers when that happens.
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Income is income. If you were making 5 bucks, 1.50 of it should have gone to you child. Not to her, but your child. It's expensive raising a child - especially alone. Not sure how much she makes but she did not make that child by herself. You have a moral and legal responsibility to care for your child. She's right, you are wrong. Sorry times are tough, but the child(ren) have to eat. Having said that, if she's working a good job and money is not as tight for her as it is for you, then she should be willing to let you get on your feet a bit - I would do that. But that's a choice, she's not obligated to see it that way. And if the split was not amicable, this is definitely her way of sticking it to you. Regardless, it's about your kid(s) not her. Do the right thing, pay support.
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If it was income then you should have been paying support, now she is entitled to back support
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I did freelance work for a year and "ex" wants her cut for child support