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Hey there! 👋 Have any of you experienced a similar situation or have some advice to share about child support? Here’s a bit of background on my situation:
– I have 3 children with my ex, ages 11, 12, and 15
– We have shared custody
– I pay child support through IRD
– Due to my ex’s new partner and her decision to stop working, I now have 94% of the combined income and my child support payments have increased significantly
I want to make sure I’m handling this situation correctly, so I’m wondering:
– Is it fair for me to have to pay more child support because of lifestyle choices my ex and her partner have made?
– Should I request an administrative review to potentially lower my child support payments?
I want to make sure I’m doing right by my children while also being fair to myself. Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated! 🤔💬
Thank you in advance for your help! 🙏
Yes, yes it is!
Child support is concerned with making sure children are provided for, that’s all. It uses the income available at the time from both parents.
It can be unfair when one parent decides to not play an equitable part whether they are the paying or receiving parent.
But kids still need to eat and be clothed and so the child support system tries to get the necessary funds from whatever source is presented to them.
I guess the best way to look at it is, you’ve only got 7 years left. Maybe you should try and get 50/50 custody so nobody owes child support.
Quit your job and go on the benefit
Have you tried the IRD calculator to get indicative numbers?
https://www.ird.govt.nz/child-support/types/formula-assessment/amount/estimate
Thanks IRD for making getting pregnant to various fathers a lucrative career choice!
I’m in a good paying job but is shit to see people I know have 5 children to 5 different fathers and getting near 2k a week in “support” while they buy crack/alcohol and bum around and give their kids the bare minimum!
The whole child support thing needs a review
I just wanted to say that you’re not alone. We went through this when my husband’s ex wife got pregnant and our CS was going to go through the roof despite 50/50.
We ended up semi forcing her to agree to a private agreement. Which was 50/50, no CS, but we pay half of the extra shared costs such as sports, uniforms, trips etc. It was very hard, but we got there in the end.