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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Child support is not supposed to make up the difference in your living expense but provide for the child's needs.  That is alimony.  You can ask for a few years, but since you are working its probably a no.

I would ask him to pay activities, medical and child care above the child support.[/quote]

If OP only works part time/self-employed because she was providing childcare for their family, then she definitely has a case for alimony.  She needs a good attorney.

Also, child support isn't just about the child's needs.  I have a relative who recently went through a divorce, and part of the child support question was, "What is needed to maintain the standard of living the child is accustomed to."  If the husband made the lion's share of the income while the wife provided child care, it isn't okay that suddenly they split and the husband only has to pay enough child support so that his child is fed.  That isn't the way it worked for my relative.  She was able to make a case for decent child support and alimony based on the fact that she provided childcare for several years (setting back her earning potential) so that he could earn more.  She also made a case for providing for a certain standard of living for the kids that he most certainly could afford.[/quote]

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