u/Holiday_Top_6880

My ex and I split in Nov 2024, divorce was finalized in Feb 2025. We have a (now) 4 year old. We have 50-50 custody and do 2-2-3. Since our split he hasn’t been working and so I never filed because he was watching her during the day and I figured it worked out financially. Recently he got a new job and wants me to pay $125 a week for childcare. I got screwed over financially and only have about $40 a week after all my bills and cannot afford that. He is making more than me at his job. He also has about 2k a month from disability from the army and an additional 1200 for the schooling benefit from the army. Should I even bother with filing for child support? We live in the mid-west.