Should I have a COLA done on my Child Support?

What is more important your own kids or this ready made family you got now?

It's your job to support your children. It's your wife's job to support your 3 step children. Nobody told you to get married to someone who has children, You had prior responsibilities before this that needs to come first before this second family of yours!

If you retired with full pay, and you are making the same amount you were making when you were on active duty, then your child support will not change.

However if your income was reduced when you retired, then you can absolutely have the child support reduced. This does not make you a dead beat dad. If you were still married to their mother and your income was reduced, then you would not be able to contribute as much to their financial wellbeing. It's the same thing, even though you're divorced.

Your financial obligations have no bearing on how much your child support is. If it did, all the dead beat dads would lease a Mercedes for $700 a month then claim their financial obligations are too high to pay child support.

Don't feel guilty! Your main obligation is to yourself and your current family. When my husband retired he made significantly less money than he did when he was working. The amount that was in the divorce paper was outrageously high. We couldn't afford anything. So, we tracked down his ex-wife and got a lawyer in the state she was living and got the amount reduced. The child is still getting more than a sufficient amount of money to live on. The mother was told to get a job long ago and finally has. Plus my husband is older and gets Social Security now so his child gets SSI. Do not feel bad. Your children will get an amount that is sufficient that won't break you if you go to Court for an adjustment. You have to live too. You are doing the right thing. You are being responsible. You care. There are so many dads out there that don't even bother to ask or pay and their kids get nothing. So, go to Court ask for adjustment due to loss of income. It will work out.

It is possible to get your child support reduced if there has been a change in your income that is beyond your control. I have known several persons who have gotten a reduction in child support because of a change in circumstances. That being said, the court won't care if you remarried and have step children. They will be more concerned about the change in your working status and income. You need to get an attorney and have them file for a reduction in child support. You will then go to court and a judge will make a decision on the amount.

you child support dont change from the COLA you grasping at straws

if the kid gonna go without if you change it, then don't......otherwise make it fair to everyone...including you