Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia
child support modification.
my ex claimed that i made 6700.00 a month.i only made 15.80 an hour,i did a child support modification.i am being informed that until this goes to a hearing for modification that i should not pay her child support.that i should wait till it goes to the hearing,and then the payments should go through the court so i will not have to deal with her anymore.she is bi-polar and she is giving me a really hard time.she is demanding 60.00 a week i have been laid off and only receive 277.00 a week uneployment.should i pay her the 60.00 a week she is demanding or do i wait to go to a hearing for this modification???what do i do.she is currently living with another woman as the reason we are divorced is she left me for another woman.my son is the one suffering.shoul i give her the 60.00 a week or wait till the hearing to see what i am ordered to pay???
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: child support modification.
These are questions only your lawyer can answer. It sounds like you are asking if you can ignore an existing court order and hope for a better one. If you do, you can be found in contempt and put in jail. Since modification is not a do-it-yourself project I assume you have counsel and you should go over the details with him.
Re: child support modification.
The first thing you should do is hire a lawyer if you don't already have one. If you have one, ask him/her. That's what you are paying for. In general, until an existing court order is modified by the court, all parties are bound to follow it.
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