| spinnerdegrassi |
| (Carpal \'Tunnel) |
| 12/28/06 09:42 AM |
Re: Child support and more children
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[quote]Also, If I understand child support if my DH pays $500 and the CP pays $500 thats $1k for one child per month. That seems like a lot of money per month. Is this how child support works? [/quote]
Theoretically it should be like this, but it never really seems to work out to a true 50/50 split. One side or the other is paying a higher % of the actual costs. I know for certain that when I was a child, my mother wasn't matching even a fraction of what my father paid in CS to our upkeep. She would try and rationalize is by stating that since he had a better job, he should pay more. However, she chose to work at low paying jobs (even though she had a masters degree) and consciously made the decision to contribute minimally financially to our care. There wasn't much he could do about it since how do you enforce the CP to actually work to their potential?