For months Mathew Knowles had been dodging child support for his 3-year-old son Nixon claiming he simply couldn't afford the $12k a month payments [click here if you missed that].
A judge has decided to give Mathew a break...
According to TMZ Mathew Knowles, who earned $3 million a year until he was fired by his daughter Beyonce in 2011, pulled in only $127k last year with monthly expenses of $51k.
As result Mathew's child support order has been slashed to $2,485 a month.
Back in February Alexsandra revealed she had been forced to apply for food stamps to make ends meet [click here if you missed that].
