My soon to be ex-wife has filed for dissolution of marriage in Ohio. I received a document of the separation agreement which is saying that I need to pay $ 959.15 a month for child support. The annual interpolated value of support is $ 13,127.99. Why am I being ordered to pay almost 80-90% of this value a month and she is paying almost nothing? Is there anything I can do about this? Also, she sent me a message that she wants me to send her money weekly for daycare for my son before the child support kicks in. Should I pay or wait until the child support order begins?

I was married 18 years. 3 children - the last one just graduated high school. Wife has LPN license, but has not worked full time for many years, she mostly worked in home care under the table. I filed for divorce in June 2006. She was already on probation for a theft charge. To make long story short, she was arrested on a felony drug theft charge, had a DUI & several other traffic violations in a short period of time, lost her driver's & nursing license & spent 6 months in correctional facility. I was awarded custody of son & house. Now she is out & wanting $1500/mo in support & her attorney fees paid. She lives w/her sister & works 20 hours/wk at $8/hr. She says she can't find anything else. Her divorce attorney is also criminal attorney. My question is will the court look at the circumstances preceding & during our divorce to determine support? My understanding of spousal support is that it avoids an unfair economic consequence of divorce. The divorce was not the source of her financial problems, her drug problem was. Any advice would be helpful.

I am desperate! My divorce was in Ohio, but I currently live in New York. My child support payments were based on my salary at the time of the divorce. My problem is that my salary was decreased considerably since then and I am struggling to make my child support payments.