Asked 7 months ago - Hayward, CA
FlagI filed a child support modification back in Sept 2011 when my ex was bring in $7500 a month before taxes and when the income and expense declaration was finally mailed to him in May 2012 he was laid off a week before and now is claiming unemployment making $1950 before taxes. Will the courts go off of the $7500 that he didn't report but was making all along during that time, or the $1950 he is getting in unempoyment now? Also, when I first initianally went for child support the courts only had him pay back child support back to my daughters first birthday instead of her day of birth, can I go back and modify that as well?
You can ask for him to pay child support based on the 7500 for the time between when you filed your request for modification and the time that he lost the job. Then after he lost the job, the support to be based on the unemployment benefits.
In regards to a modification for back support before a court order, you will not be able to modify it her date of birth.
The prior attorney is correct as to what you can ask for. You will have to be able to demonstrate to the court the $7500/month salary for the period of time that he was making it if he hasn't submitted any supporting documents to the court.
The earliest you can request child support to start is the date of filing of the Petition in your case. When you file your first motion for support, you have to ask for retroactive support to the date of filing of the Petition, or it will likely be considered waived. If you want support from birth, you should start the process before you actually give birth.
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