Should I Go After My Ex-Wife for Child Support?

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🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0	It's Friday, and this is the Ramsey Call of the Day, part of the Ramsey Network.
0:07.2	Gustav is with us in Raleigh, North Carolina.
0:11.5	Hey, Gustav, what's up?
0:13.7	Hey, Dave, how are you doing?
0:14.9	Better than I deserve, man.
0:16.2	Not going to help.
0:17.8	Yeah, sure.
0:18.9	So my question is, should I pursue my ex-wife for child support?
0:24.6	Was she obligated to pay it by the court?
0:29.4	So last year, I was, I obtained custody of my child, and so I used to pay child support. I terminated child support at that time.
0:39.7	And I also applied for child support from her.
0:45.4	With COVID and everything else, there was a big delay in the court system.
0:50.4	So yesterday, she talked to me, we're trying to ask about what we're going to do about the child support case in October.
1:00.0	She has three other kids.
1:04.0	We together only have one, but she has a total of four.
1:08.0	I make more than her.
1:10.0	But I'm coming to the standpoint where she has a financial
1:13.4	obligation to participate. But the other side is, should I be compassionate and be forgiven
1:22.7	that she does have other obligations and give her that grace and not seek child support.
1:29.0	Yeah.
1:30.7	Well, this is not about you having compassion or grace regarding something that's owed to you.
1:35.9	It's not owed to you.
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