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Gana's picture

We have joint custody with my FH ex and the kids live with us. How can we get her to pay for things?
We pay her alimony and she now works and she does not pay us child support. How do we get her to help out with things? We don't want to go back to Court, we can't afford it. Any suggestions on what to say to her or what we should write in the letter?

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stepmasochist's picture

It doesn't cost anything to go through the attorney general's office for child support. Contact the office at your courthouse for details.

caya506's picture

You said joint custody. Is it joint legal and physical custody? or your DH or BM designated CP?

caya506's picture

If you're simply looking for a modification of CS you don't need an attorney to do it, and the CS I think should initiate the review. My BF called the CS office when BM up and quit her job and the custody was changing to 50/50 and they initiated a review. It didn't cost him a dime.

Unfortunately you can't make her pay anything unless it is court ordered, which would be through child support.

You could use your states calculator and figure what she should be paying, put that in the letter and she if she'll negotiate from there.

Gana's picture

Is there any way that we wouldn't get child support since he didn't enforce it in his divorce decree

caya506's picture

No way. There is no expiration date or time limit when it comes to filing for or enforcing CS.