I want to move to the Philippines to live with my new wife. What if I can't afford state side child support?
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i'm afraid what you will earn in the philippines won't be enough to pay the child support.
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Child support is primarily determined by your income only.  Your own living expenses do not generally come into the picture.  And they shouldn't.  If your cost of living is high, it follows that your child's would be as well.  And the child is entitled to live in the style he would have if the parents had never split.\n\nThat having been said, some factors may allow courts to deviate away from the standard child support formula.  Unavoidably high costs (perhaps medical expenses or such) might allow you a lower child support payment.
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My suggestion would be to contact the offices of Social Welfare for the Phillpines. The link is provided below.\n\nYou may also want to contact the local embassy for the Phillipines if you are in the USA (There are three big ones in Washington, Chicago, and Los Angeles) and they should be able to direct you as to who best to contact for more information on past adoptions.\n\nGood luck on your quest!
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The courts will follow the law.  But there are also always exceptions.  There are laws regarding the order of the priority of the obligation to support a child.\n\nDo a google for your state and "child support calculator"  You will get a page that will help you see what the law says.\n\nThere are several things to consider.  \n\nFirst, HAVE A PATERNITY TEST DONE.  It costs about $100 and can save you tons of money if the child isn't yours.\n\nSecond, oddly enough, in the eyes of the court, there is only a small amount of money they have to leave you to support yourself and your family.  You will be able to look at the laws if you do the google I told you about.  Or google for your state and "child support guidelines."  But the standard is that you can expect to pay one weeks take home pay per month in child support.  And that is normal, not excessive in the eyes of the court.\n\nBut you really need a good lawyer.  Not knowing about the child does not remove your obligation, but your situation provides you with some compelling arguments for decreased child support to be ordered.  Plus there is the question, why did the mother wait until now to request child support?\n\nWhen you prepare for court, make sure you have details of your family budget, all your bills, the expenses for your children, etc.  Come up with any paperwork you can.\n\nBut I will warn you, if you have a nice house, nice cars, etc., the court is not going to have much sympathy.  It sounds dumb, because logical people can see that you worked hard to be able to provide your family with nice things and that you didn't budget for the expense of the other child, but in the eyes of the court, that child has a right to a percentage of your money, like it or not.\n\nGood luck.  And as expensive as it may be, get a good lawyer. It may save you tons of money in the long run.
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It will take many years (not merely months). Especially for Philippines. The priority dates are backloged.\n\nHowever, if he wishes to start, he can petition for his daughter by filing a form I-130.
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Draft the motion and file it in the county where your child support order was originally filed (assuming no one's moved out of county), together with the appropriate coversheets (found at the AR judiciary homepage).  \n\nYou might be able to find some pre-printed legal forms at the pulaski county law library to get you started.
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If you want to modify your child support you need to go the Family Court clerk (in the county where the child resides) and request a petition to modify support. You'll have to have a good reason. They only typically suspend child support if you give up your parental rights. But they may lower it if you are unemployed.\n\nYou can get more information here:\n\nhttp://www.littlerock.org/CityManager/Divisions/CityClerksOffice/
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Contact your child support agency.  Click on your state and find your local office.\n\nhttp://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/extinf.html
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Contact the court that issues the order.  If you are broke, you can fill our a form claiming poverty (it called "in forma pauperis") and you can file your court papers for free.\n\nYou file a petition with the court requesting enforcement of the spousal support order.  You can go to court and the judge can take actions to enforce the spousal support order just like a child support order.  This included garnishment of wages and jail, if necessary.
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First off, I do not recall IRS Publication 519 containing any of the information about dual citizenships and tips on how to obtain Philippine permanenet residency :0\n\nANyways, I will give you a real answer. if you are American and married to a naturalized US citizen of Philippine birth, you may be entitled to own land or "lot" as well as the structure "house" built on it, and both of you don't have to anything at all!  \n\nThis is how I understand it.  There is a Philippine law that allows former Filipino citizens to own land without having to re-obtain their former citizenship.  Sort of a "birthright" entitlement clause.  Your wife falls into that category.  As long as you are legally married to her, it is irrelevant what your nationality is.  If she can own Filipino land, then you also own that land by virtue of marriage.
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No he can not, But he can come to the USA and file for a divorce here and then after he is granted a divorce he may legaly remarry here in the USA and the Philippines government will accept his American divorce decree
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No don't get married not legally anyways(no license) because your sweet wife will turn into a witch in under 10 years 80% chance.\nAnd you get to pay her for the privelage of her taking your children away from you and you will be paying so much that you will be living in a car very shortly to pay your child support , the court does'nt consider your increase in living expences or the need to maintain a household for the children to visit thats why many dads dont pick up there children, too ashamed to let them see how they live.\nwrite an union agreement between each other and make sure it protects you and you get custody and she can pay support.\nAnd dont worry about god If he saw what the divorce courts are putting fathers through he would tell you no too!
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No, she will still get child support.   I just got married and have two step-sons now.   The father is still required to pay his child support.
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I have bought property for my wife who is a Filipina. The only way you can have any claim on any property is that the title is in the name of Philippine citizen with an additional phrase ...(your name) being husband/wife of the owner...\nThat way if anything happens to your husband, the government buys you out for a fraction of your investment. Also, the property taxes are higher than if the title is in one name only.\n\nSeriously, they have a lousy system.
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Read your divorce decree or custody documents.  There should be a clause in there that pertains to where the child is to reside.
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California Court Rules provide that if no spouse or child is living in the county that originally had the case that a spouse may file a motion in the original county to have  the case transferred to another county.  \n\nYou have to show that the new county has some connection to the parties (you live there) and that the other party will not suffer unduely from the change of venue (it is as easy to get to LA from another state as it is to get to San Diego).\n\nIf the only issue is the child support you can file a form for an ex-parte order terminating an earnings withholding order.  The form is FL 430.  \n\nAlternatively, if you and the other parent agree, you could file a stipulation to end child support.\n\nIn either case you do not need a California Court to emancipate the children as they have reached majority and have finished high school.
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Ok, so is everybody on yahoo just a jerk?  Didn't your mothers ever teach you that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all?\n\nSo anyway...the way to go about it is to seek a revision of the child support order.  The fact that you have another child WILL be taken into consideration. \n\nHOWEVER, since the order is 10 years old, there have been no adjustments made for cost of living, increased costs of the child he is paying support for, etc.  Child support normally gets increased over the years for cost of living and based on the expectation that the older the child, the more expensive they are.\n\nSo, unless he is making SIGNIFICANTLY less money, or unless the child's mother is making SIGNIFICANTLY more than your husband, you are probably better off leaving things as they are.\n\nLook into things for your state.  My state has a "child support calculator" on the internet. You can enter the figures and see what the child support would be based on the facts.  \n\nThe courts probably define "hardship" differently than you do, so be careful.  Do you have a nice house, do you have decent vehicles, do you have clothes on your backs and food to eat?  Not to mention luxuries.  You will need to show REAL hardship to draw sympathy from a court when you (or your husband) is the payor.  In my state, as long as the father has $500/month gross, all the rest can go to child support if the calculator says so. Tell me how anyone can live off $500 gross?  All the sympathies are with the child and his/her mother.  \n\nAlso, you would HAVE to get a lawyer.  You never want to go to court alone, as you are sure to get the raw deal (heard that from a judges mouth)\n\nBe careful, you may be opening Pandora's Box.