Stop adding BAH into child support for our Military Members
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Feb 11th, 2017Saavik B. from New Port Richey, FL writes:
My husband is going through this now. He is ordered to pay over 1300 in child support because they account for his bah, food allowance, clothing allowance, etc. Those entitlements are there to ensure he is taken care of l, but instead it all goes to his child support. The worst part is that the mothers' don't work because they can just collect a high amount of child support. It is very wrong that they take all his money that is supposed to be used for his well being, leaving him (and myself) with financial hardships. -
Feb 9th, 2017Raymond S. from Fort Wainwright, AK writes:
Im a soldier in the u.s. Army and i am married paying child support to my ex gf with 2 kids. It isnt right to take money from an allowance that is meant to help put a roof over mine and my wifes head. There isnt alot of help in the system for courts and military personel as it is. Why couldnt it go off before the pay you make being married? Its unjustREPORT COMMENTS
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Feb 4th, 2017A. J. from El Cajon, CA writes:
States really screw service members with this. Then if the custodial parent isn't working they raise child support. BAH should not be use for calculating child support giving the fact it constantly changes.....REPORT COMMENTS
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Feb 3rd, 2017Someone from Hill Afb, UT signed.
Feb 3rd, 2017DAVID H. from Cape Coral, FL signed.
Feb 2nd, 2017Cara W. from Chesapeake, VA writes:
A non-custodial parent must use the BAH to provide a safe house for their children. Therefore BAH should allow the non-custodial parent to do this and not be included in the child support amount calculation!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 2nd, 2017Derek D. from Chesapeake, VA signed.
Feb 2nd, 2017Someone from Chesapeake, VA signed.
Jan 31st, 2017Someone from Chula Vista, CA signed.
Jan 31st, 2017Someone from Akron, OH signed.
Jan 27th, 2017Someone from Las Vegas, NV writes:
he child support amount should be based on the area the CHILD resides, not the amount the service member receives in BAH.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 26th, 2017Someone from Roy, UT signed.
Jan 26th, 2017Christopher R. from Roy, UT signed.
Jan 26th, 2017Someone from El Paso, TX writes:
I am stationed at Ft Bliss, the current BAH is 1260. My child support is 1400, all my BAH is gone and some of my nase pay. I struggle to make ends meet, i am married and have children with my wife plus step children. It is really hard not to be able to have the money to even take my kids out to the movies or a nice dinner once in a while.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 26th, 2017Someone from Killeen, TX writes:
This is a serious injustice to servicemembers. The federal law states that housing can't be garnished for any reason. An yet they allow the states to decide the faith of military personnel and theyre lively hoods.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 24th, 2017Michael B. from Cheyenne, WY signed.
Jan 22nd, 2017Someone from Fort Campbell, KY signed.
Jan 18th, 2017Someone from Wilmington, NC signed.
Jan 16th, 2017Someone from Fort Hood, TX writes:
Please change this, it is riddiculous for me to have taken custody of one child and still have to pay for the other. meanwhile i have moved a bunch of times and my BAH changes...this is not right for courts to include this in the income for child support...i do have my own family and that money is intended for housing.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 12th, 2017Jeff F. from Bellevue, NE writes:
I divorced coming from an Overseas Tour where I received Overseas Housing Allowance in the amount of $2500 a month per the house I lived in at the time the marriage disolved. Overseas in Germany your rent is set by the amount of rent that is on your lease. You cannot pocket any of the BAH called OHA overseas. That is calculated into Child Support. You cannot move into a smaller apt for $700/mth and still receive the $2500 a month. This would allow for the excess to be used toward paying the monthly child support that was ordered. Due to my OHA and COLA (Cost of Living Allowance which was close to $580/mth) I was imputed at $7200/mth disposable income. I am now in the states and earn $1590/mth in BAH and no longer receive COLA with a total of $3200/mth disposable but am still imputed at the total of $7200. I tried to do a Motion to Modify due to change in circumstance, but the Judge stated that I would have to remain imputed at the higher rate. I believe that in the instance of being stationed Overseas that OHA or BAH should not be calculated. Earning 3200 a month and having to give my ex 2200 a month (maintenance and child support) has put to large of a financial strain on my me and unfair. When she is living with someone for the last 2 years, who makes $65K a year and they refuse to get married until alimony is finished. I live off of $1000 a month. I gave her 40K in alimony/child support last year. This makes me sick.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 12th, 2017Jeffrey F. from Bellevue, NE writes:
I divorced coming from an Overseas Tour where I received Overseas Housing Allowance in the amount of $2500 a month per the house I lived in at the time the marriage disolved. Overseas in Germany your rent is set by the amount of rent that is on your lease. You cannot pocket any of the BAH called OHA overseas. That is calculated into Child Support. You cannot move into a smaller apt for $700/mth and still receive the $2500 a month. This would allow for the excess to be used toward paying the monthly child support that was ordered. Due to my OHA and COLA (Cost of Living Allowance which was close to $580/mth) I was imputed at $7200/mth disposable income. I am now in the states and earn $1590/mth in BAH and no longer receive COLA with a total of $3200/mth disposable but am still imputed at the total of $7200. I tried to do a Motion to Modify due to change in circumstance, but the Judge stated that I would have to remain imputed at the higher rate. I believe that in the instance of being stationed Overseas that OHA or BAH should not be calculated. Earning 3200 a month and having to give my ex 2200 a month (maintenance and child support) has put to large of a financial strain on my me and unfair. When she is living with someone for the last 2 years, who makes $65K a year and they refuse to get married until alimony is finished. I live off of $1000 a month. I gave her K in alimony alone last year. This makes me sick.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 12th, 2017Jeffrey F. from Bellevue, NE writes:
I divorced coming from an Overseas Tour where I received Overseas Housing Allowance in the amount of $2500 a month per the house I lived in at the time the marriage disolved. Overseas in Germany your rent is set by the amount of rent that is on your lease. You cannot pocket any of the BAH called OHA overseas. That is calculated into Child Support. You cannot move into a smaller apt for $700/mth and still receive the $2500 a month. This would allow for the excess to be used toward paying the monthly child support that was ordered. Due to my OHA and COLA (Cost of Living Allowance which was close to $580/mth) I was imputed at $7200/mth disposable income. I am now in the states and earn $1590/mth in BAH and no longer receive COLA with a total of $3200/mth disposable but am still imputed at the total of $7200. I tried to do a Motion to Modify due to change in circumstance, but the Judge stated that I would have to remain imputed at the higher rate. I believe that in the instance of being stationed Overseas that OHA or BAH should not be calculated. Earning 3200 a month and having to give my ex 2200 a month (maintenance and child support) has put to large of a financial strain on my me and unfair. When she is living with someone for the last 2 years, who makes $65K a year and they refuse to get married until alimony is finished. I live off of $1000 a month. I gave her K in alimony alone last year. This makes me sick.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 12th, 2017Ekaterina L. from Waukegan, IL signed.
Jan 10th, 2017Someone from Yuma, AZ signed.
Jan 10th, 2017Someone from Camp Lejeune, NC writes:
I pay $1083 a month for one child. I still have three kids at home that have to do without because the court believes it take $2166 ( if both parties are paying the same amount) to raise one kid. After I pay housing, child care, vehicle payment and utilities I have nothing left at the end of the month.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 10th, 2017Someone from Cleveland, TN signed.
Jan 9th, 2017Someone from San Antonio, TX writes:
Crazy how the new trend is for girls to get a military guy so they can get as much money as possible and cheats on him while in Afghanistan but the courts order custody for the mother cause the father can be deployed at any momentREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 7th, 2017Someone from Honolulu, HI signed.
Jan 4th, 2017Taylor C. from Fort Hood, TX signed.
Jan 3rd, 2017Someone from Marietta, GA signed.
Dec 30th, 2016Someone from Clovis, NM signed.
Dec 29th, 2016Someone from Raeford, NC signed.
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Dec 28th, 2016Someone from Cypress, TX signed.
Dec 27th, 2016Brenda K. from Topeka, KS signed.
Dec 26th, 2016Someone from Fort Riley, KS writes:
TRUE STATEMENT! Calculating BAH into Child Support put many military families in financial strain. I had a Soldier who PCS'ed to a location where the BAH was significantly lower by over $1,000 but was still getting child support taken based off of the previous duty station. Additionally, if a Soldier lives in on-post housing, they never actually see that amount because it is immediately deducted from their pay.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 24th, 2016Someone from Bishop, TX signed.
Dec 21st, 2016Someone from Woodbridge, VA writes:
Basic Allowance for housing, not child support from base pay.REPORT COMMENTS
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