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joint bank accounts

Started by worriedinmd, Apr 25, 2009, 04:49:27 PM

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worriedinmd

I am divorced with a child and I am about to remarry. If my new wife and I have a joint bank account and two incomes, can my ex use that to try to up the child support that I owe?

ocean

No, most states only impute the parents income. If you have arrears though, they can take money from any account with your name and your joint taxes so until you are clear of arrears you should keep it separate.

MixedBag

YES, mine was used and considered as an "asset available to dad" so that the mom could collect more child support.

State:  Nevada

Logic:  Community Property State

50% of my income was considered an asset available to dad. 

And no, the court did not take into consideration my liabilities (3 children).

ocean

A long time ago, a step-mom told wrote on here to white out my info on the joint tax return and the total and hand that into court. This is what we did and the judge allowed that. We said that I am not the bio parent and are not legally financially responsible for SD. Depends on the State you are in and the judge that day but I was not giving ANY info to you PB..even whited out my ss#.