Support Adjustment for 50/50 sharing

[PAnestmaker]

My ex and I have been divorced for 3+ years and are both remarried with no additional children. We share our daughter 50/50, get along amicably, and split most additional common expenses (music lessons, school lunch program, school supplies), each taking care of what falls on their week. I pay approximately $600/month, have our daughter on my medical plan at work and pay for her cell phone bill. This amount was calculated from our salaries before my ex re-entered the workforce full time and though I don't know what she now makes full time, I probably make 2 to 3 times as much as her ($70k vs. $25k-$35k). My work had us take a "voluntary" 20% reduction in pay and I'm under a little more financial pressure. What amounts to her receiving $300/wk just seems excessive. Though it's important to remain on amicable terms with my ex, I'd like to be paying less.

Any suggestions? Do I have any grounds for asking for a reduction?

 

[Duranie]

If you have taken a pay cut then yes it would make sense to put in for a reduction. Also these extracurriculor activities cost money too so if you are not court ordered to pay these, you do not have too. You pay alot of CS for having 50/50 placement.

 

[PAnestmaker]

Thank you, Duranie.

My ex and I usually split the costs of extracurriculars. It's not a matter of "having to", since I'm every bit (if not more so) responsible for getting my daughter involved in these in the first place. I enroll her with the expectation that I'll be paying 100% and am happy when my ex agrees to pay half. I just feel that the $300 for each week she has our daughter is money that's not going towards my daughter's benefit and goes more towards her personal life with her husband, whom I get along with and like as well. I just don't want to pay for their personal time together.