THIS IS FINANCIAL ABUSE
Update: Paula has reportedly received a raise that puts her salary around $80K per year. I have paid Paula more than $45K in child support for a child that has been in my care greater than a year more in actual time over the past ten years. The judge that issued the temporary order in 2015 stole overnights from me without explanation or justification while mistakenly assuming Paula had had more overnights. At that time, I was ordered to pay $375 in child support even though Paula made $7K more. Fast forward to June 2017, our trial judge told my attorney in chambers that he was not inclined to grant me additional overnights because I worked second shift. Therefore, a second judge favored Paula without hearing any evidence in our case including the fact that I had had more overnights the previous two years and nearly 70% of the overall time. As such, I was forced to agree to a settlement offer that gave me equal overnights once I moved to first shift. I continued to pay child support whi...