My wife finally filed for our divorce. I let her do it since it seemed so important to her to file. We are using the income tax return to pay for the divorce. She refuses to show me any of the paperwork but went and filed on the 16th after cashing the tax check. We are in agreement on pretty much everything. She called and gave me the file number but no additional information. I went online to the court records and found that it had been filed and was able to read the forms filed, I was shocked when I saw that the amount figured for child support is high in comparison to my income. I have no problem paying support for my 3 children since I have been buying everything asked to buy and taking them on a regular basis to give their mom a break. My questions are these:
1. How is child support determined in Oklahoma?
2. I am not currently employed (searching in this bad economy everywhere from gas stations to walmart to call centers just to try and get some income, this is the first time I have been without steady work since I started working at age 15!) but I do receive unemployment and I am part of the Army National Guard so I do receive checks from each of them. I was told unemployment is not considered in the calculation but was not sure if it was true?
3. How do I get this adjusted? Is it possible to fill out paperwork with the correct information regarding my income and submit that to the court? My wife said she put that I was working for $8.50 an hour and that is not correct.
4. We are trying to do this as amicably as she will let it go. She is a difficult person and this is one of the primary reasons we are no longer compatible. Before someone else says it, I was not perfect in this marriage either. With this said, is it possible to do this (make/request changes) without a lawyer?
I would appreciate any assistance with this. I just want to make sure that my kids are taken care of, but I don't want to set myself up for failure by having more taken for child support then I can make. That would just cause new problems.
Thank you.
1. How is child support determined in Oklahoma?
2. I am not currently employed (searching in this bad economy everywhere from gas stations to walmart to call centers just to try and get some income, this is the first time I have been without steady work since I started working at age 15!) but I do receive unemployment and I am part of the Army National Guard so I do receive checks from each of them. I was told unemployment is not considered in the calculation but was not sure if it was true?
3. How do I get this adjusted? Is it possible to fill out paperwork with the correct information regarding my income and submit that to the court? My wife said she put that I was working for $8.50 an hour and that is not correct.
4. We are trying to do this as amicably as she will let it go. She is a difficult person and this is one of the primary reasons we are no longer compatible. Before someone else says it, I was not perfect in this marriage either. With this said, is it possible to do this (make/request changes) without a lawyer?
I would appreciate any assistance with this. I just want to make sure that my kids are taken care of, but I don't want to set myself up for failure by having more taken for child support then I can make. That would just cause new problems.
Thank you.