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Reply to "Given the number of deadbeat dads, why don't you get wages garnished from the beginning?"
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[quote=Anonymous]To the step mom complaining about what child support was used for - its not for activities. It's for all child related expenses. My current child support order requires an amount based on his income as the base support, then 50% of childcare AND 50% of the cost of extra curricular activities. The base support is used for things like gas for my car (kid goes to school 25minutes from my house and I have to drive him - ex doesn't do any school related driving), groceries (kiddo needs to eat), a small portion goes to college savings (ex is very unlikely to contribute), and paying utilities and the mortgage. There is plenty of caselaw where dad's have asked courts for an accounting of what support is used for, and the courts have all refused - no its not discrimination against men - because the costs of raising a child can be very intangible and requiring an accounting of the money would be a waste of resources (both by the custodial parent AND the courts). [/quote]
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