My ex has only ben paying 0 a month in child support for the last 9 1/2 yrs. In my state, I could have requested a review of his child support every 3 yrs, which would have been in 2001, again in 2004 and now in 2007. I just now requested one and based on my ex’s current bring home income of roughly ,000, and my son being his only child, his child support was set at a little over 0.00 a month. He was furious and called me every name in the book, including money hungry. I also had someone tell me that we should both be paying for 50% of my sons care, and unless his monthly care was 00, then 0 was too much. Here is how I looked at it: Based on his current income, I "guessed" at what he would have been bringing home in 2001 and 2004 and what his child support might have been set each time, minus the 0 he was paying. If my "guesstimate" was close to accurate, he actually got out of paying me close to ,000 over the last 6 1/2 yrs because I didn’t ask for a review.
When my son was not yet in school, I payed between 0 and for daycare. Even if you average that out at lets say , that would have been a little more than 0 a month that I payed in daycare. My ex’s 0.00 a month didn’t even cover 50% of that, much less leave any left over for food, clothes, etc. I had to have a job to provide my 50%, but I actually ended up providing more than my 50%. However my ex doesn’t look at it that way. He thinks that I take his child support and spend it on myself or on my youngest child. I did tell my son that we would take alot of this child support, if I actually end up getting it, and put it in a savings account for him to use to buy a truck when he turns 16. I don’t see how that makes me money hungry.
My son is 11.
