If you can prove to the court that there are no assets from which you can pay support, extreme financial hardship, the most the court will do is reduce the support amount based on the child support guidelines and the income you prove to the court. Unfortunately, the courts are not very warm and friendly or understanding in these matters and we have had them tell clients "it is not our problem, go get another job to pay it," and legally if they are within the support guidelines set by the statute there is nothing you can do but pay I am afraid. The courts have little to no discretion in the Child Support Guidelines, the law says what you have to pay based on income and the court has to follow that. If the court did not follow the guidelines and you present the evidence to the court that your support falls outside of the guidelines they must reduce it and if they do not, the next step is filing an appeal.

I am afraid until the divorce is filed, there is little more you can do. I do not know why your motion was rejected unless you did not properly introduce the evidence of your income and assets to the court in accordance with the rules of evidence, which is a problem may pro se litigants face. I know things are tough, but you may need to convince legal aid to represent you in this matter or call the state bar to seek one of their pro bono attorneys in your area to represent you and get this reduction paperwork and the divorce filed properly.

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You would have to file all the paperwork again if they rejected your filing. You would just submit the same paperwork you submitted, but you really need to get a local attorney to review everything you are filing again to find out why your filing was rejected as it shouldn't have been if you had the right forms.