invertnegative
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I have a question about how my circumstances may effect my current child support obligation. I have been ordered to pay $1111.00 a month for child support since mid year of 2012. Currently, I make $2080 a month before taxes and my arrears are nearly $25,000 now. I also have 50/50 custody of my daughter. I'd also like to mention that my daughters mother has worked a total of 5 months at minimum wage since my daughter was born. My obligation was so high, because after I was served papers to appear at a child support conference, I told them how much my biggest check ever was. I just wanted my daughter to be taken care of well, so I was not worried about having to pay so much. I regret that now, as I have quit that job in 2013 so that I could have more time with my daughter. I haven't been able to make nearly as much (in fact, not even 1/5th of what I made) while living in my daughters home state. I have sent a total of 4 requests to modify child support. The first request was 'lost', or so they've told me three months later. Upon my second request they scheduled a modification conference, of which I was made unaware. My child support went to a default of $1111.00. Since then I have been granted 50/50 custody of my daughter and have her 183 nights a year, which is really great. I have not missed a day with her since then (nearly a year). The third request was once again 'lost' by the child support enforcement unit. Another three months of waiting. On the fourth request, after about two years of waiting, I was finally given a modification conference. With the new information I provided, an attorney that represents the child support enforcement unit realized that my child support obligation should be 'reversed'. She calculated with a colorado obligation worksheet that my daughters mother would have to pay me roughly $300. So my question is, will the child support obligation reversal stand in court? And if not, will my support obligation and arrears be dropped? I would also like to know if it is likely that I will have to continue to pay support, and if so, how much sounds fair?