[wdfifteen]

I wouldn't let John's experience dissuade you from contacting a lawyer or two.

My friend's situation, her 7 year old son is sick with cancer. She spends 24/7 with the kid. He's hooked up to a 15 pound backpack with a pump and tubes and all manner of stuff, plus she has their two other boys to take care of. She needed the visitation arrangements changed. Went to a lawyer who said can't be done, not worth it, etc etc. Went to another one who took the father to court and got her full custody of the children while father ended up with supervised visitation every other week. A key was she had months of schedules showing exactly when he had the boys, when he was at the hospital, the times she was transporting the boy, etc.

Dumbazz father filed to have his child support lowered - while his son is sick with cancer. Her lawyer said judge was so pissed she would have thrown him in jail if she could have. All she could do was have whoever is in charge making the calculations of who pays what give them another look. They looked. His child support raised from $680/month to $1080.