ssrachel
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recap:
no set cs....ex is to reimburse me half of expenses i incur. he balks at what i present to him and most times waits 5 or 6 weeks to reimburse me. the decree states that he is to reimburse me in a timely manner and of course that is subjective.
i'm seriously thinking about going to the court house today to file paperwork to try to get a definitive amount per month.
here's my question:
all the on-line tools have you enter for custodial parent/ppr and non custodial parent/par. our decree doesn't give either of us this designation. the time breakdown is me: 57% and him: 43%. since there is no designated ppr, would i automatically be assigned ppr because i have them a little more? or is this going to be a problem that neither of us is designated that status?
thanks for any input.
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germangirl631
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I'm not sure in NJ if it matters who is primary. They go by the percentages, and adjust CS accordingly. The online worksheet is what is used in court. Don't forget to factor in who is paying for medical insurance, as well as any day care.
Here is the worksheet online. http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/csguide/ix-d.pdf
if you back up one page to
http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/csguide
you'll see the rest of the instructions and worksheets.
It's really just plug in the numbers, and out pops your answer.
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ssrachel
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so, when i'm completing this worksheet, do you think i should i enter my info under the ppr column?
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germangirl631
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I guess I would since you have more than 50%. It won't change the outcome, either way. I think the answers will come out the same, regardless of which column is used for which parent.
It is a bit confusing. If you have more questions, let me know. On my worksheet, my lawyer used my x's previous job's income, since he has chosen to be underemployed at this time, and it flew with the court. (yippee!)
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ssrachel
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i must be dumb! i'm having trouble with lines 10-15. HELP!! i'm coming up with a negative number. is that how it could be? ex's income is less than mine.
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germangirl631
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What are your percents on line 6?
Your percent of the income vs his percent of the income?
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ssrachel
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i re-did it and started getting it correct. my percentage is 55% and his is 45% (i only considered his full-time job, not his self-employment and i low-balled his job salary).
but so far, the amount is only about $15/week. but, i stalled at line 32.
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germangirl631
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You may end up owing him CS if this is the case. You have them more, but you also make more. Or, it could end up being a wash. His support is considered his time with them.
I guess it also depends on if you're always paying child care expenses and he's not paying any of that, even on his overnights. Ach. it's so confusing. Line 32 would be his leftover income after CS is taken out. (L5 - L28 in his column)
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ssrachel
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that's what i'm worried about. i know i'm lowballing his income so i can see the worst case scenario. and i'm not including his self-employment (which he made show a loss for 2007).
there is another question: does anybody know if the negative of his self-employment can dip into the earnings of his regular job to show the regular job have an even lesser income?
he, of course, pays for anything at his house. i pay the medical bills, school clothing, sports and scouting activities, school lunches. not that it is a major amount, but even though he has them two overnights during the school week, the girls get dropped off to me the next morning at 7:00am for me to feed breakfast and get ready for school and then my dad takes them. and on his mid-week parenting days, my dad picks them up, so it is me giving them their after school snack, too. so i know it's not a major $ amount for that, it does piss me off that he's not really parenting 43% of his time.
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taryn
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can you file the cs modification without an attorney?
is there any way someone can tell you what the bottom line will be (or close) and then you can decide what to do?
or do you need to take the risk?
by the way sorry youre dealing with this.
too bad he cant keep his end of the $$ bargain, but then that's not a surprise. LOL.
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