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can buying a house lower CS??? advice anyone?

prettyinpink's picture

So ofcourse if BM can buy a home so can we!!! shit I think we own atleast half of her home with all the CS she gets from DH!!! but anyways I am wondering can we go back to court and try to modify the original/current CS payment if we purchase a home? We live in California... any suggestions on how to modify with out it bitting us in the butt???

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mom2five's picture

How would buying a house lower your child support? I'm not seeing the connection.

prettyinpink's picture

I was wondering because DH has friends who also pay CS and when they bought a house they went back to court and they reduced his CS order because he now has more bills and the fact that they bought a home for their families and also we will try to have her for more time... I was just wondering but we are not having any financial problems thank God

skylarksms's picture

I have never heard of a bio-parent willingly taking on more bills and have that decrease CS

Tx mommy of 3's picture

Never heard of that either. Are you sure that is the real reason and not because he's making less money but didn't want to admit to that? Also, if it were our bm and she found out we were buying a house...she'd be trying to file for more cs because she'd think dh was making more money!

mom2five's picture

I know absolutely nothing about California law. But I did look at the state's child support worksheets. It looks like there is an adjustment for Mortgage Interest and Property Tax. Maybe that's how they got it lowered???

And I HATE that in California a new spouse's income can be considered. That just seems so very wrong to me.

prettyinpink's picture

mom2five yeah I guess thats what it is and to be on the safe side before I married my hubby I got a pre nup so she CANNOT touch MY money or winnings anything belonging to me and when we buy a house if anything happens she cant touch my half!!!

ddakan's picture

No, only the income determines the child support. You could be homeless for all the court cares...as long as BM gets her fat check!

Been dealing with this for 11 years. One more to go!