do you know for certain that that child’s father doesn’t contribute to his/her support?
actually no, I do not know for certain that that child’s father doesn’t contribute to her support.
I think that would be a slap in the face to our college child and reason for our child to feel bitter towards their father if he supported financially that student and not them.
The bottom line is that it really isn’t any of your concern how your ex spends his money any longer, and the same is true for him. I have been reading your posts for sometime now and know that you have been hurt badly by your ex’s betrayal. I also saw the posts about your concern that he will be able to reduce child support and the lawyer’s response. You will have to cross that bridge when and if you come to it in court.
If you do not have an agreement that your ex has to support or contribute to the children once they get into college then there is not much you can do about it. In public universities financial aid is based on the parent who claims the child on their taxes so it might actually work to your benefit and entitle him/her to more financial aid. Talk to financial aid office at the school.
I would encourage you to let your 19 year old , now considered an adult,to try and work this out with the father.
As far as the minor children…have them apply for scholarships and financial aid as they apply for colleges.
Each party is free to put their actual expenses on the affidavit and the court will determine what expenses they believe are reasonable. It is unlikely that the court will consider expenses for an adult step child that he has chosen to support. Likewise, the court probably will not consider your expenses for your adult child. If you believe an expense on his affidavit includes an expense for his adult step child you can request discovery related to that expense and make sure it is related to his specific living expenses.
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My ex husband does not support our child who is 19 and in college and I know he legally does not have to. He remarried and his new wife’s child who is 19 lives with them and goes to a local college.
We are going to court as he wishes to reduce child support payments for his 4 children who are minors and living at home with me. He reports a decrease in income and inability to pay the amount he was court ordered to pay for them.
My question is this - on his financial affadavit where he lists expenses how does he justify paying for the care of that adult who is a college student.