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Child Support Modification - Senior Year

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Submitted by fedupinwa on Mon, 10/14/2019 - 12:53am

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I can't find any information on child support modification the senior year of high school.  Child Support is set to end in June (Yay!!!) and BM is threatening DH to take him to court to modify support because he got a promotion at work.  Personally I think it's a rediculous waste of court resources.  DH is paying on a parent plus loan at $900 per month for SD21 that BM left out of the divorce liability section.  Idaho says 3 years for modification unless there is a substantial change in circumstances, the order was entered with less than 3 years to pay.  DH may have met modification threshold with the promotion but we have no way of knowing her income without going through the process.  This is so irritating and petty. 

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Submitted by tog redux on Mon, 10/14/2019 - 6:56am

Ugh. I'm sure she can do it, and here, she would get the increase. These greedy BMs don't like giving up control over the ex, so why not drag them back for one last court visit. 
 

I doubt the loan will factor in, it wouldn't here. CS and tuition are separate.  Take heart, at least it's ending soon. 

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Submitted by NotThatTypical on Mon, 10/14/2019 - 9:21am

Sounds like she has every right to request it be evaluated. Yeah it's annoying but that doesn't matter. Let the courts handle it. If you don't want to drag it out then give them the information they need and move on.

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Submitted by notarelative on Mon, 10/14/2019 - 10:25am

Is the step going to college of a trade school? If so, BM could be looking to have CS continue.

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Submitted by fedupinwa on Tue, 10/15/2019 - 6:01pm

I guess we should count our blessings that we are not in one of the states that require child support through college.  We are in a community property state which does mean the loan for SDs college should have been a joint liability. 

It's honestly not about the money as much as her withholding alienating the kids and trying to grab anything she can from DH before she has no ability to anymore.  During the divorce BM told DH that they were "sharing" a lawyer (you can't share a lawyer) and had him give her money for the fees.  Then she continued charging on credit cards that were in his name after the divorce (contempt) and accessed their joint bank account for about 3 months post divorce to pay her mortgage, cable, 6 months of car insurance, weight loss coaching ($900) and merchandise for her pyramid scheme company to the tune of 9K!  Then she turns around and says she didn't get child support for two of those months trying to make him look like a deadbeat to his kids.  DH was crazy gullible during the divorce, he trusted her and got burned.  His first clue should have been when she fell in love and left him for his best friend's little brother while on one of her pyramid scheme business trips.  The guy was 27, she was 42!  I don't want to spoil the ending but it didn't work out *dash1*

So long story short, she is under my skin and this is just one more thing!!  

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Submitted by still learning on Sun, 10/27/2019 - 11:49pm

BM told DH that they were "sharing" a lawyer (you can't share a lawyer)

You can in cases that are cut and dry and both parties are in complete agreement. If there is any conflict of interest at all a lawyer would not agree to this arrangement.