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Thanks Soc!

The downloadable calculator can be found at:

https://services.georgia.gov/dhr/cspp/do/public/SupportCalcDownload

There is both an Excel and Adobe file, which ever you prefer.

That particular line is on Schedule A, Line 20.

Thanks again!

Good Morning Soc.

I know you don't usually deal with state-specific questions, but I was hoping you could clarify one issue for me.

On the new GA child support calculator, which takes both the CP and NCP incomes into account, there is a line which I do not understand.

On Schedule A, Line 20, the form asks for "Assets which are used for support of family", for both CP and NCP.  According to some other boards, this is where we are both required to state our spouse's incomes.  

Eventually, if this is what the line is asking for, our spouse's incomes are calculated into the entire Gross Monthly Income on which child support is based.

I was under the impression that most states, even if they asked for a spouse's income, did not figure it into child support calculations.

1-Is the state of GA asking for my spouse's income on this line?

2-Will the state of GA use my Spouse's income to calculate my child support?

Thanks Soc!

All parties in GA.

Soc, I emailed you about this earlier but some more time has passed and I wanted to run a couple of questions by you.

I am NCP with EOW visitation.  CP has full legal and physical custody.

CP is going on 3 months with no job.  Up until this point she has lived on her Income Tax Return, but the money is running out.

It looks as though she will be unable to find a job due to numerous firings and a total lack of references.

While I understand that her inability to hold a job is grounds for nothing, there is concern on my part that she will soon have utilities cut off and / or lose her rental home.

At this time myself and my wife are helping her with her job search by sending her possibilities and helping with her resume.  We're also keeping the children more in order for her to waylay some of her basic grocery bills, etc.

1) What would my best course of action be if her utilities are turned off?  Or if she loses her rental home?

2) If she is unable to find a job, is this grounds on her part for an increase of child support?  Even with her work history of absenteeism and firings?

All parties in GA.

Soc, I emailed you about this earlier but some more time has passed and I wanted to run a couple of questions by you.

I am NCP with EOW visitation.  CP has full legal and physical custody.

CP is going on 3 months with no job.  Up until this point she has lived on her Income Tax Return, but the money is running out.

It looks as though she will be unable to find a job due to numerous firings and a total lack of references.

While I understand that her inability to hold a job is grounds for nothing, there is concern on my part that she will soon have utilities cut off and / or lose her rental home.

At this time myself and my wife are helping her with her job search by sending her possibilities and helping with her resume.  We're also keeping the children more in order for her to waylay some of her basic grocery bills, etc.

1) What would my best course of action be if her utilities are turned off?  Or if she loses her rental home?

2) If she is unable to find a job, is this grounds on her part for an increase of child support?  Even with her work history of absenteeism and firings?

No, the marriage and DFCS incident occurred 2 years ago.  I only found out by happenstance, nearly a year later.  

I have had many heated conversations with the DFCS office, and have been told time and time again that since CP is the custodial parent, they had no reason to appraise me of the situation and that they had no legal obligation to do so.

At the time, CP and the children were living 200 miles away (during the course of the short-lived marriage).

During "this period of time", as well as all other times before since, I was making my twice weekly court ordered phone calls to the children and exercising every possible moment of visitation.

Once the divorce was final and she moved back here with my children, they lived with myself and my wife for 4 months while she attempted to find a job.  She saw them one time for 1 hour.

I am assuming, based on your last post, that the Judge won't care since so much time has passed, even though I was never relayed this information in any capacity since I am not the Custodial Parent.

Good Afternoon Soc.

All parties in GA.

In March 2003, initial custody set at Joint Legal and Physical.

Mother went back in March 2004, requested and received Sole Legal and Physical with reasoning being "keeping the children on a schedule".

Since March of 2004, CP has:

-Been Married for a period of 4 weeks and Divorced

-Moved the children to a town 200 miles away and waited 2 weeks to notify NCP.  Following a divorce 2 week later, she moved back.  This entailed taking the children out of school, starting them in a new school, and then re-enrolling them in their old school.

-Had the Police and DFCS visit her home for abusing then-husband in front of the children.  No charges filed, but the Police Report states she was a fault.

-Been fired from 3 jobs (embezzlement, no charges filed; absenteeism).

CP has now been fired from her 3rd job in 3 years.  She has also quit 3 other jobs before being fired for absenteeism.  I have numerous tape-recordings demonstrating the fact that she was absent from work for 6 separate un-approved vacations, showing that absenteeism was not a result of unforseen circumstances.

At this point, she has been out of work 1.5 months.  Children are complaining about having to drop out of extracurricular activities and eating cereal every night.

1. Is her persistent inability to maintain a job, along with the above-mentioned occurrences,  any type of grounds for a Custody Reversal?

Hi Soc.

All parties in GA.

CP has sole legal and physical, I (NCP) have visitation.

At this point in time, we live 50 miles apart and share driving responsibilities.

I have been told (not by CP) that CP is considering moving an additional 100 miles away from where she now resides.  This will put us 150 miles apart.

This will also take children 100 miles away from their entire immediate and extended family, with the exception of CP.

CP will not be moving for work or educational purposes, but to live with her boyfriend.  If she does move, she will marry him beforehand due to the Overnight Guest Rule in our paperwork.  This exact same scenario occured 2 years ago.

2 years ago CP moved 150 miles away during a weekend when I had the children for visitation.  She continued to meet me at the regular location for an additional 3 weeks before breaking that news.  This way there was little I could do since they were already moved and had been attending their new school for 3 weeks.  2 months later, following a 6 week marriage and divorce, they moved back.

Basically, I want to know if I have any recourse if and when she tries to do this again.

1.  If CP does move without notifying me, is there anything I can do so that she will be forced to move the children back?

2.  If CP does notify me that she is planning to move, is there anything I can do so that she will be unable to move with the children?

3.  Is it illegal for CP to move the children and enroll them in a new school without notifying me?

4.  Does the continued action of taking the children in and out of schools warrant any type of custody change?

Thanks Soc.

Morning Soc.

I just have a few questions.

I am NCP with visitation.  CP has full legal and physical custody.  In addition to monthly CS and maintaining insurance on the children, I pay "50% of all medical bills not covered by insurance" as stated in the paperwork.

I live 70 miles away from CP.  As of late, children have had more illnesses than usual and CP has had to pick them up from school early.  I have consistently offered to help in any way possible (and have all these offers recorded).

CP is now maintianing that I don't offer to help her by taking off work and taking the children to the Doctor.  She is also claiming to be losing salary weekly based on her leaving work early to pick up children.

As of this year, CP has yet to ask me to pick up children and take them to the DR or to keep them out of school due to an illness.

She is now threatening to get my help in this matter "one way or the other" by taking me back to court and making me pay extra money to make up for her lost work time.

She is also complaining that I do not help her with over-the-counter medications.  I have always maintained that I would pay 50% of obvious children's over-the-counter medications such as Children's Tylenol, etc., as long as she would produce a receipt (the paperwork states that she has 30 days to give me receipts of all medical bills not covered by insurance and that I have 15 days to remit payment to her).  

She consistently refuses to produce  receipts, caliming that she can't be expected to keep up with that type of paperwork, and I in turn have refused to remit any type opf payment.

At this point, even with my recordings of my constant offers to give help, I want to make sure I can defend myself in all ways possible.  I also do not want to get my lawyer involved until she makes a definite move to go back to court.

1- Technically, as a NCP with no physical or legal custody, am I in any way responsible for taking the children to the DR or taking time off work to keep the children, while ill, out of school?

2- Am I responsible for 50% of over-the-counter medications such as Lice Treatments, Aspirin, Motrin?  The paperwork states that I pay "50% of all medical bills not covered by insurance".

Legal and Physical CP is the Mother, I am the NCP.

Paperwork states that if the parties live more than 50 miles apart, the parties will meet halfway for all drop-off's and pick-up's.

We now live 50+ miles apart.

From Day 1, BM has complained about having to drive and meet me for a variety of reasons.  Nearly every weekend, she calls with every excuse in the book.  Thus far there have been no major problems, but I feel it's on it's way.

For the majority of the weekends, BM has requested that I pick up the children from daycare on Fridays (70 miles away) and that she will pick them up from my home on Sundays (again, 70 miles).
 
I am trying to prepare myself for the weekend when BM refuses outright to pick up the children or to meet me.  For the past 2 weekends this has nearly occured, but BM changed her mind at the last minute.

I understand that if she refuses to meet me, that I will have to bite the bullet and drive to pick up the children in order toexercise my visitation.

However...

1.  If I pick up the children on Friday (by driving the entire way) and she llater refuses to pick up the children from my home on Sunday, after we have had a recorded phone call detailing the parameters of drop-off and pick-up, am I responsible for taking them back to her residence?

2.  I always record every phone conversation whrein we decide how the drop-off and pick-up will be handled.  If the answer to #1 is "No", will this tape show my understanding of the transportation split?

Thanks Soc, this is great information.

A few more questions pertaining to the subject, if you have the time.

1. If Ex were to take me back to court and claim that she has remitted the bills to me, and that I have neglected to pay, could she make an attempt to raise child support in order to pay the bills?

2.  What documentation would I need to have to prove that I have paid my portion of the bills as soon as I learned of them?  

3.  When I get receipts from the offices, should I have them note what I have paid and what she has paid?  They always willingly tell me that she has paid nothing, but I didn't know if this was unethical on their part to disclose her payment history to me.

Thanks Soc.