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Spouse's income generally doesn't figure into child support. If Faith's income increases, the base amount can be recalculated. But I thought the $800 was an agreement, not a court-ordered amount determined by the CA calculator?
If Ralpha made what he boasts of for last year [X to doubt], he'd be on the hook for much more than that $800. If his publicly claimed income ($150k+) is accurate, and if Faith makes even $35k, his base payable amount would be about double the $800.
Per one rough calc, it's around $1500 if one parent makes $144k (self-employed) and has no overnights, and the other makes $36k wages [used easy multipliers for approximate amounts], but here do it yourself:
childsupport.ca.gov
There are many sites that offer more simplified versions of the calc, but the official one includes self-employed vs employee, so I used that one as a baseline, which results in ~ $1500/mo, for a non-custodial, 0% caretaking self-employed person making $12000/mo and a custodial, 100% caretaking employed person making $3000/mo.
Details will vary, but $800 is a steal.
...Assuming Ethan's income is anywhere near what he has claimed.
He has already abandoned that child. It's just a matter of whether he cedes legal, technical rights to be in the child's life. He's never once suggested he wants more responsibility for his son or was prepared to take it on. Quite the opposite.