Advice on the legal system
Just looking for some advice....
BM recently got fired from her decent paying job and decided to work at a daycare. (drastic pay cut). When her lease on her house came due, she decided she couldn't afford it (1600+/mo) and is moving her and the kids in with her grandmother (not a great house, actually could be considered very bad housing). She has now filed a motion to increase child support, saying he didn't pay her enough to afford to continue her lease. We have kids every F/S/SUN. He told her he wouldn't be able to afford 3 days plus more c.s. and she said 'oh nice, punish the kids!'. he has considered filing for custody but hear that in CT its very hard for dad to win. (even tho kids have switched schools 3 times in a 18 months because she can't keep a place to live). She is no involved in kids lives, does not go to school mtgs, kids aren't involved in anything extracirricular and she hasn't had them on a weekend in years. they're all boys.
so, i'm not sure if thats enough of the story to get opinions, but what do people think he should do? He'd have to get PT job to afford more c.s. and I work every weekend so.....
should he try custody? (oh, it'd have to be pro se, can't really afford atty).
Check State Law
Here is a URL to follow: http://www.jud.ct.gov/Publications/ChildSupport/2005CSguidelines.pdf
This is for the calculation of CS in CT. I have not completely read through it but in my state she can't just "choose" to have a pay cut and then ask for more money. She also isn't realizing that here CS originally was based on only the kids that she had with your DH and if you and your DH have any children together or if he is a step parent to yours in your house then that is factored in as well. That is how you get the number of children to use in the calculation.
If you need further help just PM me but basically no, I don't think she would win here. As long as you go in with documentation on your behalf no court can deny facts.