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Child support laws in Oregon are crap too. They are ment to leave the father with $900 a month before taxes after child support. So with my 3 kids I pay $700 a month and bring home $230 a week for a 55 hour a week job. When I get raises, my child support goes up so I bring home the same amount. Its handled by the state. If I start to make less, they take away my drivers licence then in 30 days put me in jail if I dont start making more money. Exwife just bought a new Durango and a minivan. She is quiting her job at the end of the month to retire at the age of 32 thanks in part to what I pay and her new husband. While I cant afford to get my 11 year old car fixed and have to take the kids to school on my mountain bike.
Its not always the mom who decides what to do to the father, its the state. She just goes along with it because its the law. They decide how much to take out, how to punish fathers who cant live on $900 a month, and it will never change.
The easy advise is to never have kids. THat sucks. The better advise is to start hiding assets from day one. Purchase cars in company names that you dont have legal ties to, keep your saveing and investments in trusts or somewhere other than your name. Buy a house together, but expect to lose it since what is yours is really hers and not yours.
It takes some time to set everything up, but most people have years before they split up. So start right away. If you are one of the lucky 40% who dont split up than when you retire you will be living even better due to all the savings and protected assets that have added up.
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