My fiance has a previous court order and when his ex feels like she needs more money, she petitions the courts. Here is the situtation: my fiance and I have a daughter who is autistic. He has a 16-year-old child from a previous marriage. Now, she lives with her boyfriend who she went with before the marriage broke up (my fiances best friend ). My fiance and I have been together 9 yrs and our autistic daughter is 7. It seems like when his ex's life seems uncomfortable she petitions the court for child support. My question is now that we have a child who is autistic, can he put a stop to her lying madness? She has lied to the courts and now his son is 16. There are expenses on his order he shouldn't be paying, like child care. He was told to go and file a petition but wasn't guaranteed his order wouldn't go up. Here is the hook: she only works 2 days a week. Her child is 16. He works and makes more than his dad every week. She sits home 5 days a week and collects on this kid. Here at home, we have 2 kids 7 and 8. He only makes $10.00 a hour. The last time in court, when it was called to the judge's attention that she only works 2 days a week, the judge was addressing this until her laywer (who was a public defender) changed the subject so it was dismissed. What can the defendant do and what are his rights if he has a child from a recent relationship that is disabled. Help! she's taken him for a ride and the judge is believing her. We know for a fact she works under the table and isn't telling the courts. She also says that she is going to college but it's only one night per week! Every chance she gets, she petitions the court to bring him back, even when he is not late with a payment. She calls and complains and then they contact him and he has to go whether he is late or not, and misses a day of work which sets us back and they seem not to care about whether or not he has a major obligations. Help please. It's getting too deep and my family is suffering. If asked to move, we have no where to go. At this rate, the judge seems to be giving the mother her way. It's not just her child first they should be looking out for, but the welfare of all the kids in question and they are not.

There are alot of CS calculators and discussions regarding child support payments. My question is when the calculator shows a figure based on incomes is that including or excluding child care (ie day care or nanny) costs? I read PA law excerpts that seem to say it excluded, meaning if a judge calculates an award he will take what the calculator tells him and add to it an amount for child care expenses (day care or nanny etc) based on %'s of net incomes for each spouse. What's the deal? I keep hearing everyone say their payments are $1000 or $1500 per month and with child care most of the "calculators" that seem to be worth anyhting are showing at my income level that my payment is in the mi $3,000's per month, which seems outrageous.

My ex and I have joint legal custody with her having residential and me with liberal visitations. I would like to get residential custody changed to my ex mother-in-law who has legal custody of her other child.The ex has a problem drinking, has had DUIs, the boyfriend just got out of jail for drugs and back child support. Is there anything I can do?

This is rather complex. I am the girlfriend of a man whose wife is serving time in a federal prison for embesslement and tax evasion(stole 1.5 mil from the fed. credit union she worked for). Prior to her sentencing she had weekly custody of the baby and the dad had weekends. The child is only 2 yrs old. There was a legal seperation prior to her going to jail. Now she is in prison and dad has full physical custody and wants to keep it that way. The father is a fair man and allows his wife's side of the family to see her and once a month the child visits the prison. He is financiall ruined because of her and she never even asks to pay child support. He has a good job, but because she was stealing money without him knowing, they own a propery and house way out of his league for one income. He has recently filded for divorced since he met me. I am a very stable person because I'm a social worker specializing in children and also a county officer for child protective services....I've had every clearance check there is, state, national and FBI. Obviously I don't hurt children and can be trusted. However, while she sits in jail she is plotting a custody battle. She demands that he e-mail her each day about the child's whereabouts and doesn't want him yo leave her child alone with me because she doesn't know me. He is a good father and I would know due to my job. She is serving time for a felony even though it is non-violent. My boyfriend and I are thinking of getting married. His record is clean. What chances does he have winning full physical costody? What are her parental rights while she is encarcerated and what can we do to convince a judge that dad is much more stable than she is? The child RARELY speaks of her mother, but his wife's family coaches her to remember her mom, and they hate the father becaue somehow they blame HIM for HER stealing 1.5 mil. Upon release she will be lucky to find a job, she will have to live with her parents and has to pay back 1.5 mil(which she never will) does it help that we get married. We already have a house, I work for Children and Youth protective services, and the child has a real strong bond with her father and now me. What can she do to that gurantees her sole physical coustody? What should the father do? He'll do anything that pleases the judge. His daughter is his whole world.

My ex has gotten remarried. Does the law also include the wages of the new husband or is it just based on her income?