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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]do you pay child support?  I mean, it seems weird regardless, but less weird if there's no child support.[/quote]

This.

CS is supposed to be what pays for those kinds of piddling little things.  Splitting every minute cost for the kid is insane.  Generally, you're responsible for the expenses the kid endures when they're with you and big ticket items are split.[/quote]

CS is supposed to help with regular expenses, but there are irregular ones that come up like an ER visit or a one time week-long school trip. You can’t always anticipate those when you’re working out a monthly payment. The state calculators don’t have a way to factor in even those that you both agree will occur like braces in three years or college tours in two years. You need to split those (maybe not 50/50, but a split by income is still fair).

The so-called piddling things add up though. Whether it’s a pair of soccer socks or a flash drive, you start to get irritated by being the only parent making sure the child has what is needed. [/quote]

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