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My husband has two daughters from a previous relationship (they were never married). Keep in mind, she is the one who ended the relationship and walked out for another man, she did try and come back a few years later but he said absolutely not. The kids are now 12 and 13. My husband and I have been together for 3 years now and married for almost 2, we have been trying to conceive for all of those 2 years of marriage with 2 miscarriages. I am now 23 weeks pregnant with our little girl and we are of course just thrilled. Anyways, my husband pays $500 in child support a month and she typically asks for some money every once in a while for things like Halloween costumes or yearbooks and so on, we always, always, always send her the money and we frequently do things with them. One of my step daughters asked me this past weekend “When is the baby due?” I told her late February more than likely. Suddenly, husbands ex wants more money and is hinting at the idea of taking him back to court for money... I know she’s either doing this out of anger, jealousy or both and she’s also doing it now since she’ll get a bigger payout before my husband and I’s daughter is born. She specifically texted my husband “I didn’t know how you want to do this but I need a little more money.” My husband texted back and said “I don’t understand. I send you the money you need whenever you ask for it”. 2 hours pass and no reply but she read the text so he text again and said “how much more are we talking about?” If we go to court, our life is over. I don’t know how we’ll make ends meet. We would only have $1,000 a month to live on if we paid what the court would say we should pay. How would we live on $1,000? Especially with a new baby. How can a woman be so heartless? She knows we’re expecting a baby and would put us in this financial strain- it’s mind boggling. I know why she’s doing this but I have never done anything to her and she wants to get under my skin so badly, I’ve never even talked to the woman but she hates me! My husband is as friendly and cordial as possible and still she wants to screw us over and over and over. What do I do? What have I done? Why is she doing this? I don’t know how I’m going to make it through this.