Legal Question in Family Law in Washington

child support modification

Hi and thank you in advance. My daughter was taken from me in a custody battle 6 yrs ago. The support was caculated at the highest rate because they said that I was ''Voluntarily unemployed''. My attorney at the time did and said nothing. So I'm really affraid of trusting a new attorney. Since then my daughter has turned 12 and stoped going to child care 3yrs ago. In addition I have also since been enrolled into my tribes. I know that I'm due for a modification, but am unsure what I should do next. I have ptsd and Going into court tend's to trigger me off really bad like. I'm currently very low on fund's and working three job's just to support my other daughter still at home. Is there an attorney that can help me? What are my next steps?The father has a history of domestic violence against me and is a trigger for my ptsd as well. Thank's so much...

Blessed Be,

Andi


Asked on 7/07/08, 4:55 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Christopher Steuart IT Forensics, Inc.

Re: child support modification

You have identified your personal problems and they need to be confronted first, before you are going to be able to confront your legal problems. First you say you can't trust an attorney then you ask if there is an attorney who can help you. (You can't have at least a reasonable level of trust in your attorney). You then state that you are low on funds. (You can't pay an attorney). Then you state that you are personally unable to confront your situation. Your statement that your support was calculated at the "highest rate," suggests that you have not looked at how your support obligation was calculated. It was probably calculated at the imputed level for your sex and age. (This looks like you don't know the facts of your own situation). You would be pretty close to being the ultimate bad client, one who won't trust her attorney, doesn't know the facts of her situation, won't confront the situation and can't pay the attorney. For an attorney it doesn't get much worse than that. Get to work on yourself, work on understanding your situaiton, so that when the time comes you can confront the legal issues and be able to work with an attorney as a part of team.

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Answered on 7/09/08, 3:31 am


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