Need help quickly! Regarding deducting costs of rentals from CS...

[nosonew]

After many years of false allegations and contempts... DH is CP FINALLY... we are about to start our 3rd year! YIPPEE...

Problem: BB quit or was fired from her 45,000/yr job and now works at a convenience store.

Her CS obligation was cut in half.

She now wants it lowered more due to "expenses due to rental properties" stating she has a "loss of income" because of this side business.

Doesn't she have to show mortgage, tax, insurance costs? Copies of rental contracts and cancelled checks? How to prove these "expenses/losses" were actually used for those rental properties?

What can we do to get this info?

BB buys a home, lives in it, fixes it up (takes 12-24 months) then buys another fixer-upper and moves, renting out the home she lived in.

HELP!!!!

[snapplegirl69]

Was any income from this rental properties included in the cs calculations?If not,she doesnt have anything to stand on.She laready got her cs cut in half,and thats surprising,because most sites I see say if father quits his job,most likely he wont get a reduction because he chose to quit

[nosonew]

They are refiguring her CS reduction due to her change in jobs right now. I emailed our case mgr who is doing this requesting all financial documents, rental contracts, copies of cancelled checks for mortgage, insurance payments, taxes, etc., be sent to our attorney. Also requested cancelled check info from renters from present back 12 months.

I also sent her all of the addresses of the rental properties she owns, along with the info we have regarding mortgage info (a little detective work there) and hopefully case mgr will catch her in additional lies and perhaps impute income from rentals rather than deduct.

I agree... if my DH had quit his job and took a lower paying job, they would impute his income at "potential to earn" rather than realistic figures.

So discriminatory against men... I already tried that arguement and lost because I couldn't PROVE WHY she changed jobs and nobody is making her prove her claims she needed "less stress in her life".

[snapplegirl69]

So the courts just upped and said ok you quit your job,you took the loss,so the can pay less cs?THATS BULL!!If it were a father,they would tell him to sell his rental property.So have they already approved her reduction in cs?

[nosonew]

The reduction (cut in half of regular c.s.) was done. We were just waiting on paperwork to send to atty for the garnishment order. THEN she requested they decrease her income amount due to "rental expenses"... No, she did not have any rental income added for total income to determine cs. She is just trying to get out of her obligations. DH paid her 81,000 in cs over 14 years, not including medical (excess of 10,000), attorney fees (excess 20,000), costs of mediation, counseling, etc... (excess of 10,000)... and she doesn't want to pay 200 a month! ARGH!!!

[snapplegirl69]

Then they would have to add the rental income into her income and figure it out that way.Either way,no judge is going to let her do both,as in lower cs then lower it again.Let us know how you make out.

[nosonew]

Should hear something Monday or Tuesday hopefully. Will let you know! Thanks.. Noso