Q&A: would lowering child support save marriages?
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Almost everyone I know that is married either is divorced, or on their way there. I was recently speaking to a guy, father of a gal on my daughters basketball team. He said he pays $ 550 support a week for his two girls.
He’s mechanic who makes about $ 1100/week. It just seems so unfair to have the “if you don’t do what I say I’ll take your kids and half your paycheck away from you” card in your pocket.
I filed for divorce 15 years ago and raised my 3 kids on my own with no child support, I didn’t ask for any, and was never offered any.
I think if they lowered child support by 30% I think a lot more marriages would find a way to survive… It really is a sad state of affairs… Plus the person who gets the kids and support doesn’t have to explain what they do/did with the money… they could spend it on crack or clothes for themselves.
Yeah okay.. I don’t think abuse had anything to do with it…… but you sound a little too angry.
He was the teddy bear type, very loving and fun loving, if anything she was the abusive type…
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Answer by alwayswvgirl
What your mechanic friend “forgot” to tell you was that he regularly beat the crap out of his wife and threatened to take her kids away from her and she’d “never see them again”.
He deserved exactly what he got.
I commend you for raising your children, but don’t judge other people based on what you THINK something should be.
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I dont believe it will save any marriages but it will stop a lot of the friction between the parents. I agree with you 100% about it not being fair & the court should hold people accountable for how they spend the support payments. Its also unfair for the fathers to pay more than the moms are contributing financially.
The child support guidelines are not mandatory under federal law. They are rebuttable, but attorneys do not tell fathers about that.
http://ChildSupportRights.org/WhatPayersNeed2Know
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Federal Child Support Enforcement Handbook for Non-Custodial Parents
http://childsupportrights.org/
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To learn a father’s rights, join Dads House Educational Center in Yahoo Groups. It’s free to join and access all materials. You also associate with other fathers going through, and have already gone through, the same issues. We have an Educational Manual that teaches everything that needs to be known in addressing your legal issues. Mention your question here when asked why you want to join, as well as your state?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dads_House_Ed_Ctr/
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2nd Wife Club in Yahoo Groups, for those brave enough to take on a man with “baggage”.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/2ndwifeclub/
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For 22 years, I have volunteered my time working with divorced/single fathers dealing in family law issues, such as child support, teaching them about what the states are not telling support obligors.
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