my husband has not worked since I started working. We have 2 kids, he has 3 kids with an ex. will i have 2 pay his child support

Although the state can consider your income (when added to his) to see what the household income is ... they cannot touch your income -- you are not a party. That doesn't necessarily mean that your husband will owe $0 because the court's can impute his income and say this is what he should make at a full-time, minimum wage job. They do that less often in this economy, but they can do that. Still, they cannot collect from your earnings, but it will accumulate in back-owed support which will have later financial and potentially legal consequences (if the ex-wife decides to file for contempt for example, or if DCSS is brought in as they will seek back-owed support).

They can't touch your earnings. Sounds like he wants you to pay for his other kids - great deal for him, doesn't have to work.

First, make sure the child support is the lowest it can be (pay an attorney to review the #'s).

Second, tell him to get a job, work out a deal to pay his child support, and get his license back. (even at 10/hour, thats 400/week or 1200 month additional income that I bet would be helpful). If he doesn't want to be an employee make him start a profitable at home business - maybe a child care or something similar since he likes taking care of the kids.

Third - if you don't want to do #1 and #2, then just get use to the hassle or accept the fact that you are going to be paying everything for a long time and teaching your kids that is okay.

Good luck with your situation.

Matthew Williamson