My daughter is 19 yrs. old and is a freshman at UAB. My ex-wife who resides in Mobile, AL has when back to court requesting an increase for child support for our daughter and to continue support payments & insurance. I contacted my ex-wife and asked why? I had no intentions of stopping support payments for my daughter, however, my ex is requesting an increase based on my income. I asked my daughter if her mother has given her the monthly support checks. My daughter has informed me that her mother has not. I have sent my daughter addition support monies each month. My monthly salary is $5000.00 before taxes and deductions, however, due to work demands this year I will gross over $100,000 for 2005. Our court date is 1/30/2006. I think it is un-fair to calculate any possible increase above my monthly base salary, because I am not guaranteed over-time. If the CS judge rules in favor of my ex-wife (Gross Income), then He/She has the ability to look into the future and know my yearly gross income. If that's the case why don't they tell my ex-wife a winning lottery number. Can I file to Emancipate myself in AL or have my CS payments go directly to my daughter rather than her mother. I will not support my ex-wife house hold!

Well if you believe there are no grounds for modification, tell the court and explain that while the support amount has remained the same, you have been providing additional support to your child for college outside of child support and that you feel it is important for you to do that in terms of helping the child directly and not sending everything to her mother who is already receiveing support at a more than adequate level. Another approach is to ask that the mother be made responsible for paying for college expenses and investigate her income.
You may also want to see if the daughter wants to emancipate herself from the parents, as many kids do to free themselces up to get more financial aid on their own without any parental contributions.