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Hello, I was hoping to get some advise about my current child support obligations. I have 2 children one lives out of state and the other lives in state with his mother my ex-wife. My oldest sons lives in NC and I currently pay child support and maintain health insurance for him. However because of our distance and my limited resources I rarely get to see him. My youngest recieves his support through a civil agreement my ex-wife and I created after our divorce several years ago. I wanted to know if I could have the child support for both my children administred by the courts of the state that I live in. The situation that I'm currently in has left me in financial ruins I pay well over 50 % of my gross income to support. I can hardly take care of myself. I have to boys that I want to support but by haveing to deal with two seperate women and a totally different state I feel as if I'm being treated unfairly. Please look at these figures and tell me what you think.

My first son age 7 lives in NC. I currently pay alittle over 400 monthly for him as well as carrying insurance which equals 260 monthly for the premium

My second son age 3 live with his mother here in GA, according to our civil agreement I pay 490.00 in support for him each month.

Combined I pay 1120 total monthly in direct support for my kids. which equals 13,440 yearly. My yearly pay is 29,824 gross. After living like this for the last two years I no longer feel that I'm being treated fairly. I have no desire to start a new family or anything I just want to get my CS worked out so I can try to be a better father. How can I be the best father I can be when I can hardly take care of myself.  

The rules for calculating child support are different in each state. Were both original support orders from GA?

Usually, the party wanting to change a support order is the one who has to deal with the other state.

See:

Maximum limits on child support
http://www.deltabravo.net/custody/max-cs.htm

THE FEDERAL CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION ACT AND GARNISHMENT FOR CHILD SUPPORT
http://www.childsupportguidelines.com/articles/art200110.html