Legal Question in Family Law in Michigan

Re: Child support question

Right now, even though the child may be with you, you have a court order and that means that she has custody of both kids and you have a child support obligation. If you bring it before the judge, he could order her to pay for the child with you and you to pay for the child with her but if your income is in excess of hers, you could still wind up paying support. William S. Stern

Re: Child support question

Nothing will happen unless you cause it to happen. File a motion or a stipulation to lower the child support obligation you must pay. Do not delay. Without your ex's cooperation, the court cannot adjust payments already due or made.

Re: Child support question

There should absolutely be a modification of the support. However, I cannot guess whether it would "zero it out" without knowing more. One of you may still owe the other some monthly amount.

In Arizona, every month you wait to modify is a month you "lose". Arizona does not allow retroactive modifications, so time is of the essence if you want the issue to be resovled fairly.

I can explain the issues and procedures better by phone or in person. As you can imagine, there is too much to cover via e'mail. We offer free 1/2 hour consultations, in which we can discuss the matter in more detail.

Please call me directly to discuss the specifics of your case, or contact my assistant Alicia to schedule a free 1/2 hour consultation.

/s/ Rich J. Peters, Attorney

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