Question for Canada guys with Poker ONLY income who pay child support

johnnydingles · #1 10-12-2005, 02:10 PM

Posted this in another forum, someone suggested here. Not sure if its allowed, but i'm in a jam. Please read.

I am having problems with access to my son with my ex so we are going back to court. Problem is i've been paying child support on an imputed income which is reasonable especially in a profession with no guarantees. So anyway, i've played in a few WPT tournies that I qualified for, for $10 - $100 cost, so she is telling the judge I'm this high roller and bought into these tournies for cash and that I make a million dollars a year, blah blah, basically trying to screw me. Since i'm fairly new at this and as of last year, didn't even delcare it as my accountant and revenue canada said I didn't need to. So my income tax return shows zero, and she is trying to tell the judge I make all this money which i don't. Has anyone gone through this and have any advice? My lawyer isn't sure how to handle it as he's never had someone who has all their income from gambling. She has printouts showing day 2 and 3 of certain tournies where it says I have like $150,000 chips so she tell the judge I made that much, and on day 2 I made another $55,000, and $300,000 on day 4, etc, and the judge has no clue about poker and doesn't understand chips mean nothing. What am i supposed to do??

Yads · #2 10-12-2005, 02:51 PM

Maybe you can ask a casino worker at the casino where you played those qualifiers to be a witness and basically explain that those totals don't mean anything.

downtown · #3 10-12-2005, 03:54 PM

Get a new attorney. Seriously. This is his job, not yours.

prayformojo · #4 10-12-2005, 04:16 PM

Get a lawyer who understands poker and who practices family law. I have competitive rates, and I am willing to travel (at your expense, of course).

Seriously, though, you should be able to clear this up with an expert witness. Judges are people too: if things are explained to them by a reasonable person who knows what he's talking about, they usually go with that explanation. If I were your lawyer I'd look into getting a poker room manager to explain the nature of tournaments (provided you can afford whatever fee would be charged).

boose_bagina · #5 10-12-2005, 04:22 PM

what a b.itch ...(hope that helps a little)

#6 10-12-2005, 05:57 PM

I'm a lawyer. I do corporate real estate. Even I could advise you better than whatever idiot you appear to have working for you right now.

Step 1 is get a new lawyer. Step 2 is make lists of your cashouts and assemble documenation on your actual income. Step 3 is take this information to your new lawyer and he'll probably know what to do.