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Sunday, February 14, 2016

"My ex-wife is now married to a rich guy" - BlogBite

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Question: My ex-wife is now married to a rich guy. They live in a mansion and she drives an Audi. She does not need child support from me. Do I still have to pay it?

Answer: The answer is "yes".

The obligation of a parent to support a child is rooted in the parent/child relationship between them (and this includes non-biological children with whom the adult acted like a parent). In other words, it is you and your child who have a fundamental, including financial relationship. The child support you pay it not the right of your ex-wife. It is the right of your child and they continue to be entitled to receive it from you.

You pay child support based on your income, whether high or low. Your ex-wife's financial circumstances may mean that in the end, your child may enjoy a more affluent standard of living because of his or her mother's new financial circumstances but that does not affect your fundamental obligation to support your child.

By way of example, if you make $25,000 a year and your ex-wife's new husband makes $500,000, you still have to pay child support based on $25,000 but you are not expected to pay enough support to match her and her husband's $500,000 lifestyle.  Remember, you child is still entitled to support from you based on $25,000 worth of income.


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