Legal Question in Family Law in New York

support from mother in law

i lived with my x mother in law for 21 years, during that time i earned between 125,000 to 275,000 per year, i did work on the house and had a lean on the home for 200,000....i paid 1/2 taxes on the house and no rent..during this time frame my x mother in law whom is worth 6 million paid for my kids tutors, vacation, clothing, piano lessons, camp, etc for my kids and x wife...i am now divorced and run in too ruff times...i am earning about 75,000a year now...before the divorce i gave back the lean on the house by ripping it up...i just found out that my x wife had a 25 % interest in a business andhere share is worth about 2,000,000..i have been paying 56,000 in child supoport and alomoney up till now but as i sais my earnings have gon down..i am looking for a modification in child supoport...the question is..can i some how get anything back from the lein or have the mother in law mke support

thanks


Asked on 10/23/01, 3:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jeremy Morley Morley & Trager

Re: support from mother in law

Based on the facts that you have stated, it would appear that you may well be entitled to a downward modification of child support. This would require an application to the court. Jeremy Morley [email protected]

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Answered on 11/23/01, 12:42 pm


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