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I tape record every exchange I have with my ex, whether it is phone conversation or child exchange.  I was tired of her swearing at me in front of the kids and the tape recorder cleaned up her act.  Everytime I tried to go to court it was always my word against hers, so the tape recordings were what I used as proof. It helped me get the GAL support eventually.

I have been divorced for 5 years. I have just recently won a Joint Placement Schedule against my ex, it took 2.5 years to get through the court system. Since it took so long she was able to clean up her act and the GAL assigned to the case who was on my side changed her mind the day before it was heard before the judge.

The final thing left to determine is child support. I have 3 kids with her. She has a fourth child with another guy who also has problems with her. She is on to a new boyfriend now.

I have a good paying job, she makes $9 an hour working at a preschool 35 hours a week. She says (through her lawyer) her job as a teacher only pays her from September through May so she should only have to have her share of child support calculated for 40 weeks out of the year.  Placement is 50/50 exactly. She will finish school to have a Associate's degree in Early Childcare in May and she is working on an Associate's degree in Criminal Justice.  (She wants to be a cop but won't finish this schooling for another year.) She also gets free state medical insurance for herself and 4 kids, almost $600 a month for rent, food stamps, and daycare.

I know I will have to pay some child support because I make 3-4 times more than she does a year. Do I have any hope of getting her wages for child support calculated for the entire year since she has the ability to work all year round? This is a Wisconsin case.

The state aid cannot be counted as part of her income. I wish I could deduct my mortgage, food expenses, and insurance premiums from my income to determine my actual income...