My husband and I have full custody of his 3 children. The mother lives in South FL and we live in MS. She voluntarily signed over custody to us and agreed to pay $350 a month for 3 children. We accepted $350 per month at the time because she didn't have a job, but was looking for 1. That was over 2 years ago. She still doesn't have a job, but lives with her rich Sugardaddy who is double her age. The children are now a 14 year old girl, an 11 year old girl, and a 5 year old boy. $350 per month for 3 kids this age is just not enough anymore. She agreed in email to start paying $550 per month, but then refused to sign an order to that effect and now refuses to pay anymore than $350 per month b/c "she doesn't work." If we take her to court, can anything be done? Won't the judge find it ridiculous that she oesn't have any kids with her, but doesn't work? Any tips to help us in this?
Answers:
1. You can take her to court and see what happens. But her child support check is a reflection of her paycheck, not her husbands.
But why did you agree to $350 for 3 kids in the first place? Did you not think about the future?
2. It isn't her sugardaddy's responsibility to pay child support for her children so you can forget that.
If she doesn't have a job, how do you think you can get any more money from her? The judge can't get blood from a turnip ya know.
3. It's not the Sugar Daddy's responsibility to support those kids. It is your husband's & his ex-wife's. Although the amount is low at least you are getting something. It is HIGHLY UNLIKELY that a judge will enforce an order for more than 50% of her said income to go to the welfare of the children. She does need something to live off of. The ex isn't re-married and the SD income will not be taken in account to adjusting the child support agreement between your spouse and his ex. Bottom Line: it suck *** (and I'm sorry for that) but by law you can't take from the boyfriend to support kids that isn't his.
4. To be honest with you, appreciate the little amount she is paying now and leave it like that. if you take her to court and she don't work, even the $350.00 you are getting will be lowered to $150.00 because she don't work. Or even she can be force to sign parental rights and you get nothing at all. So let it go and keep what you get each month. If you would be able to prove that she works and earns her income, it would a different case but there is no way to use the other man income to pay for kids that aren't his and perhaps they are just staying together not married, so he would be exempted from your legal feuds which will make to stand and say she ain't working and she hasn't worked for.... and how do you pay for child support? ..... perhaps doing prostitution or whatever the reason, and what the judge would do it reduce the amount you are getting now.
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