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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
i don't feel anyone should have to pay much more beyond what expenses the child actually causes.
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And do you not realise what that is?
that would include your spouses rent, and utilites regardless of whether or not she would have to still shelter herself.
And those expenses do not end there. I dare you to try and take care of 1 child for only $350 a month, see how far that goes when you need to feed them, shelter them, clothe them, take them to the doctor.
Have you ever checked out the costs of daycare?
That alone can run you $70-$150 a week depending upon the age of the child etc.
So now you only have to pay $350-$400 a month for the child support and the mother is working a job and is still living at or just above the poverty line and all the money she makes including the child support go to just essentials are you going to pick up the slack when the kid needs braces?
Needs new school clothes, shoes.
Or when the kid wants to play an instrument in the band and you either have to rent or buy?
Or when the kid want to join the cub scounts and needs a uniform?
etc..etc.
No some of these things aren't essentials, but taking care of a kid doesn't end with just clothes food and shelter...but so many parents who pay child support seem to think so.