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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe it’s logical and I’m the idiot. A friend’s plan:

Husband makes more than wife. They are divorcing, two kids. He’s in the process of changing jobs. He will be taking a hefty pay cut, his reasoning for doing this is so he won’t have to pay as much in child support.

To me, this seems stupid and like the real loser in this is, not only his kids, but himself!

If he makes $200 and gives her 25%, he now has $150 for himself.

But if he’s making $100 and gives her say, only 5%, he now has only $95 for himself.

If it’s logical and I’m wrong, can anyone explain?

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Voluntary impoverishment is not viewed kindly by the courts.  This is what it sounds like this is the intent.  The spouse who does this can have his income imputed for intentionally earning less.  He would then need to pay as if he was making the higher pay and she may get paid the amount he would have paid if his income stayed the same.  [/quote]

You seem to know a lot. Is this the same person who wrote 95% of all divorces are paperwork? This doesn’t sound like “paperwork.”   [/quote]

Not the same person.

But by the way...

It is well documented that only 5% of all divorces ever see a courtroom. I am not making it up.

In fact, the vast majority of all divorce cases (more than 95 percent) reach an out-of-court settlement agreement. “Litigation” is a legal term meaning 'carrying out a lawsuit.'
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefflanders/2012/04/24/the-four-divorce-alternatives/?sh=2be7a02720ae

You can literally see this same stat cited everywhere. My attorney told me as well as almost every divorce statistic article there is. People have a huge misconception about how divorces happen. Most do not see a judge in a courtroom. It is usually signing a lot of paperwork that is agreed upon in some way.

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