I have a daughter and her mother has sole custody. My daughter has been staying with me since February 19th and I am

Hello! My name is Debra (formerly known as Legal Ease). Thank you for your question. I'm reviewing it now, and will post back again shortly.

I am sorry to hear of this difficult situation.

Is there only one child? And has the child been living with you full-time since February 19?

But you are not quite correct. If custody has changed and the child has been living full time with you then not only do you not pay support but the mother has to pay you support.

You get full support based on the mother's income and the federal child support guidelines. The child has been living with you for over 60% of the time for almost 3 months!

You can seek to vary the support based on this material change of circumstances and if this is causing you to suffer hardship the court may agree to hear an application to vary the order on an urgent basis over the phone.

As well the courts may start to open at least a bit more shortly.

I suggest that you have a lawyer send her a letter setting out what I explained and threatening court.

Does that make sense?

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