Legal Question in Family Law in Kentucky

I am a divorced father and have been for several years. My ex-wife and I came to an agreement regarding the amount of child support. I have received several promotions over the past 8 years and my income has more than doubled since then. I informed my ex-wife a few years back that I had received a raise and she said that going forward she would claim both kids on her taxes and I agreed that I would cover all additional costs such as sports, clothing, etc. This of course was a verbal agreement. My question is this.....Should I contact the child support office and update my income? My fear is that although she knows I make more than I did that she will be able to get back child support from me on down the road and I'll be paying her til my kids are 30. You just never know what someone will do. I live in KY. Also, the child support agreement was signed and approved by the judge. Thank you.


Asked on 2/12/14, 11:59 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Gowin Bryan Gowin Attorney at Law

A court should not increase your child support retroactively unless and until she or the county attorney files a motion to increase same (the only possible exception would be if your child support order was a temporary order for some reason and even then it would be doubtful that a court would increase it several years retroactively). As such, I would not provide anyone with your new wage info unless there is a separate order stating you have to do same.

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Answered on 2/13/14, 5:58 am


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