Legal Question in Family Law in Oregon
Child Support Review
I have been paying child support for a past couple years and recently received a review from the state. Since I am self employed they are asking for tax records to show my annual income. It seems as they are more interested in my annual gross sales than they are my net income. I am a little scared they will base the new child support order on my gross revenue versus my actual net income. Can anyone please comment on this process? Will they only consider the gross business sales? Thank you.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Child Support Review
QUESTION: Can anyone please comment on this process?
ANSWER: Yes.
QUESTION:Will they only consider the gross business sales?
ANSWER: No.
Comment:
If what you received by regular mail was simply a letter for Support Enforcement advising you that it has been at least two years since the present support order went into effect and that the law requires that the existing support order be reviewed upon request of either party, and that is what is now going on, with you being invited to bear your financial soul to the government (tantamount to giving evidence to the support police that will then be used against you in a court of law), you would be well-advised to NOT do so. Unless you have been served with subpoena or a court order, you are not required to cooperate with their "review" (aka investigation). Let them do their review without your help. When they are done, they will advise you of the outcome. If at the time you disagree with their conclusion, you will the right to an administrative hearing to challenge and contest the outcome of the review.
L.D. Gorin
LAWRENCE D. GORIN
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