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Hi all!  I am in some need of advice as really nobody legally has been able to answer without a substantial retainer for a question. I was 16 when I my casual girlfriend became pregnant with our son.  When my son was born Her family moved to the other side of the country. We both tried to make things work and we were married in her state while I was on my weekend break. As with Most young marriages it didn't work out and we were separated very shortly after her being still under 18 she went and moved back in with her parents, taking our son and falling off the face of the earth for the next 5 years,  when I was served in my local paper with a divorce summons in her state.  Due to that I had no substantial relationship and the age of my son at the time I did agree it was in his best interest for her to have sole legal custody since she had moved on during this time and had told my son her new son to be husband was his father, for a 7 year old the confusion and her reluctance took YEARS to correct. I paid child support obviously,  and moved on with my own life as well. I remarried in my home state and had 2 more children. I have an extremely close bond with my 2 younger children and see them daily even though my wife and I are separated.  I have a child support order for my 2 youngest for almost 1000 a month.  Fast forward, my oldest child's mother has filed a support modification that they are basing on gross income,  without any deductions for my duty to support my other 2 and are saying is $700 a month for 1 child. Each state is different on priority of paying so I am receiving zero deductions in either case. I simply don't make what I'll have in orders on both after taxes.  This will leave me not only with zero money to eat but put me into arrears every month. The child's ages are 14,9 and 2. Is there a thing i can do at this point?