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Originally Posted by woj
I have a friend who pay child support, and he is getting fucked badly in my opinion. Not only does he pay her a nice chunk of change ($2k ish/month if I remember correctly) he has to pay for MANY additional expenses. Kid wants to go on a trip, or kid needs this or that, daddy has to pay for it cause mommy is broke. And the kid is not even living well at all, they live in some average at best apartment. I'm 100% sure that the kid is not even getting half of that $2k. So kid gets $1k, and mommy gets to piss away $1k on herself at daddy's expense.
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I don't think a court anywhere will order a non-custodial parent to pay for a child's whims if mommy doesn't have the money. However, things like braces and college may be ordered...well -- they were for me LOL I am currently paying for my son's braces and saving for him to go to school...fortunately he wants to stay close to his mother and go to a community college as of now. Hope that doesn't change!
And seriously woj...if the mother refuses to work or can't find work due to some disability then 100% of your friend's $2,000 IS going to the child...mom is just getting to ride along for free. I think your friend's perspective is all wrong on the matter, though I will agree it'd piss me the hell off is she wasn't working and living off my back.