Should Out-of-Work Parents Get Off Child Support Hook

I have never been through the child support issue myself (knock wood), but I’ve watched a myriad of friends – male and female – navigate the system. They’ve complained about their ex or whined about what said ex was doing with the cash.

But when asked if they would ever go back to fight the amount they pay, what one non-custodial parent had to say made a lot of sense. “If I was still able to live with my kids, I’d spend this money. I’d be buying food for their stomachs and putting clothes on their backs. They’re my kids, and this is my job.

Do I like handing the money over to the b-tch I was married to? I don’t think of it that way. I think of it as being their Dad.”

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