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Reply to "what happens when Dad abandons the family and Mom is left to handle everything, but doesn't want it either?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why should Mom (or her Mom) be forced/guilted into/expected, etc to raise the kids. Why not the Dad? Can court force dad to stick around? to be a 50% parent? Dad likes to "pretend" he's a good dad to his out of town family and co-workers, but he's not[/quote] I think this is the point of OP's hypothetical. Why is one parent "allowed" to walk away and the other forced to carry the weight of parenting alone? Why aren't both forced to carry equal weight?[/quote] Because you can’t make someone do what they don’t want to do. The best you can do is to make them pay child support and if they don’t push to have them put in jail. Which usually gets them to pay up. If they pay great if they don’t off to jail they go. Win, win if you ask me. That’s it though you can’t force someone to have a moral compass. [/quote]
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