I need CS advice.

My ex lives in another state and is re-married. We divorced in 1994 and had 4children together. Recently, 2 of the children have become emancipated and now I have a 17yr old and a 16 yr old. He paid support from an original divorce agreement and I have not sought any increase since then.

With 2 still under 18 and the amount of child support halved I went to CSS to get an increase. The amount was increased but was later reduced because his job "demoted" him and reduced his salary significantly resulting in pretty much the amout it originaly reduced to. He works for his wife's family business and I feel that they reduced his salary to get out of paying the increase. Can he do this and what can I do to fight this?

Please help.

The law is about what you can prove. If they can prove ---"prove" to a court what they are saying is the case regarding his salary, you cannot really object unless you have proof to the contrary (that they are lying).

Isn't him working for his wife's company proof enough? How can they lower the amount without considering that fact? Can his wife be made to pay the difference? I need some real help here. Please, I cannot afford an attorney.

I am helping you----I am sorry it isn't what you want to hear, but it's the truth.

To you, who knows the mans character, it is obvious they are, in all probability, being untruthful. However, as I said, the law is about what you can prove.

You are asking the court to assume that since they work together, that they are willing to falsify court documents and agree together to lie under oath. That isn't an assumption the court is ready to make. Now, if you have some concrete proof they are doing this, the court would, obviously, consider it. But to automatically assume because he works for her company that they are agreeing together to lie isn't fair in the least.

I understand your frustration and your tale is a tale as old as time. But without proof, or without a really good lawyer, I am not sure what else you can do.