Category: Child Support

A statutory increase in support as a child gets older is normal, but in this case the opposing parent wanted to increase child support by under-representing their income, and over-estimating my client’s income. The moving parent provided no data to back up the request; no pay stubs, no tax returns, no bank statements. This parent wanted a huge bump in support and didn’t give any good reason for the change!

We had a telephone hearing with DSHS and they denied the moving parent’s request due to lack of information to support the proposed award.

If you need to ask for more child support, make sure you submit proof of the numbers that will be used to calculate it. It could make your request easy to grant, if the numbers are true, or it could help you deny a request that is unwarranted.