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sUPPORT AND VISITATION AFTER HEARING

My ex wife and I had a hearing in june, child support and visitation was established. Although I was honest with my income and expense declaration, my ex wifes attourney used my bank statements from the past 2 years to show that I made more then I said. This was not true, I had recieved a large bonus in Nov. which I told my previous lawyer about and asked how to explain that to the judge, he told me to claim that it was a gift or soemthing to that matter. My ex' lawyer took all of my deposits over the past 2 yrs and averaged it out and showed the judge. The judge believed them and took the average balance of my account for the 2 yrs and said that was more accurate of my income, it is not and I tried to explain that, now I have to pay more support then I can afford, what can I do? My child support payments are more then I make. I did not lie, I was honest and I feel that my old attourney did not reprsent my best interests and now I'm screwed. On top of that, the judge orederd me to pay attourney fees as well. While I was living with my ex, I spent 80% of my time with my daughter, now I hardly get to see her. Do I have any options to make this divorce fair?

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