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For The Love Of GOD...

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The ex just bought a new car.  Well, it's not new.  It's used...but you understand.  He went from not having a car payment to now having a $300 monthly car note and insurance went up to $145.  That's $445.  Since he moved out a month ago his rent is weekly and cost $135...that's $520 in a month with four Fridays.  He also has a phone bill of $50 a month.  These are the bills that I KNOW of right now.  Total equals $1015.  He has told me that he makes $350 a week which comes out to $1400 (now this can go up from time to time due to the way mechanics are paid based on flagged hours, flat rate, yadda yadda. But I'm working with worse case scenario since he rarely flags more than 20 hours).  Leaving him $400 a month for incidentals...ie food, gas, tp, etc.  Needless to say he has bought nothing for babygirl, ever.  And plans on spending his $180 tax return on new work boots.  (<---just thought I'd throw that in there).  What I'm wondering is:  Do they do a debt-income ratio when determining CS?  I'm in FL.  If they do, I am screwed.
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  • Raspberry807Raspberry807 member

    Here is a child support calculator for FL... usually non-child related bills and debt have nothing to do with the calculation.

    https://www.alllaw.com/calculators/childsupport/florida/

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  • FyreFlyeRushFyreFlyeRush member
    The NCP has to learn to live within their means. The child won't be punished for that. Here, it's a flat 20% of income for one child. It's wage garnished, and based off claiming Single/1. If te NCP says, but your honor, I have a house payment and a car and credit cards...the judge sees the house and car as liquid assets, and the refit cards as something that can go into default. 
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  • kiley&mattkiley&matt
    Yikes! My STBXH is the same way.  He does not understand the concept of living within his means, but fortunately, in WI, the parent with primary placement gets 17% of his wages pre-tax regardless of his debt.  Hopefully, FL is similar!
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  • PrettyInPearls23PrettyInPearls23 member
    Generally the debt to income ratio isn't a factor. The courts figure a NCP should be able to prioritize their budget to realize that CS is something that won't go away. Living within their means is something a NCP has full control over and the courts recognize that. Someone isn't going to "get away" with less CS because they're going into debt up to their eyeballs.

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