Divorce Support Forums: I waivered support

From your other recent post, with the turning in of the financial affidavit, I get the feeling you're a lot earlier in the process than "waiving" support. Maybe you've told your lawyer that you didn't care about it and they're proceeding on that basis?

Anyways, it makes no sense that he'd only have $5 a week after child support "and expenses". I'm kind of wanting to know what you are calling "and expenses"?

For example, often, people get hung up in figuring out how much it would cost to keep the house, for example, and don't recognize that this means one of them would end up with more house than they really SHOULD have (given that their new situation will have only HALF the adults living in the house). And this is only one of MANY things that might be going on, but your statement that he'll only have $5 after child support is paid is kind of... odd... so we need a lot more inforamtion.

We need a whole lot more information about your sitaution before we can know whether or not you've done something stupid.

First, how long ago was the divorce filed? When is the next hearing? Are you talking about final decrees being made, final negotiations, and you signing off on FINAL divorce paperwork already? What "other expenses" are you talking about that would leave him with only $5? What property are you ending up with in the divorce?

How long were you married before the separation and how much does he earn? How much do you earn and do you have a plan for earning more? If your work is as a stay-at-home or part time employee, how long have you been doing that? What kind of property is involved in your sitaution and will you end up with enough to live off of without the spousal support? How many children do you have and what are the child care needs and are you able to make arrangements to get a full time, full responsibility job relatively quickly? What ARE your career plans?

THe issue of alimony kind of requires understanding the whole picture. It's not so easy as plugging a few numbers into a formula (like child support is), it requires knowing whether you have reason to expect support or wehther you should be able to support yourself, and a whole lot more things.

So give us a little more inforamtion (ok, it's a LOT more information) and we can get a start on helping you figure this out.

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