Hopefully this keeps up.
I don't think I ever updated you all on the outcome of the child support hearing, so I'll do that now.
The hearing was very brief, I appeared by phone with the state attorney, his attorney showed, and the judge.
He did not appear.
All of my financial documents and interrogatories had been sent in and seen by all the parties, I don't know if all of his ever made it in, but the judge decided in my favor.
There would be no lowering of the support payments from $21.00 per week, in fact, it was raised to $77.00 per week, for a total of $308.00 per month.
For the first two weeks after the hearing, (it was on July 31st, a Thursday) the state agency that handles the child support payments, did not enter in the new court order, so we only got what he felt like sending in.
They were supposed to start taking the new amount that Friday, August 1st, but they didn't enter it in, so on 8/4/08, he sent in $37.20, and on 8/8/08, he sent in $36.84.
Then once it was entered in, he started sending in the right amount, and has actually made higher payments.
These are the last 5 support payments that he's made;
It would be really awesome, so super awesome, if these amounts would continue.
I would then be able to add them to my budgeting software, and work them in to my monthly budget so I could start planning bill payments and the teens needs much better.
Start working on Sebastian's orthodontic needs, get him going on his braces, he really needs them, help Mark start saving for his car and insurance, and be able to make sure that every time they have a financial need for school be it poster boards for projects or money for field trips, that they have it.
I am greatful that he's been sending these amounts in, it helps tremendously.
All I've ever wanted was a fair and rightful amount for teenage boys who grow out of shoes every 3 months, need all new clothes every 4-6 months, (Mark is getting so tall!) and all of their other needs which just happen.
I won't start adding these amounts to the regular monthly budget for a few months, I need to make sure they keep up, so they'll be added to my budget that fluctuates.
I actually have two budgets.
One that is my monthly income that stays the exact same amount every month, and one that changes based on the amount of work I do, and takes care of all the unexpected things that pop up.
