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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous[b]]If he is not paying for food and medication that is one thing, but if he is not paying for a vacation and a new computer that is another thing.[/b]

Sometime money is tight and you can't afford the extras, you son needs to learn that.
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I don't think he should be late or not pay, but if you are complaining that he does not pay for 1/2 of a computer or a vacation I think you are being insensitive. [/b]

If he is having his 11 yo son front him $20 for food you are clearly not seeing the whole picture. 
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It doesn't work that way. Child support from one parent goes into the household budget of the other parent.  Vacation, computers, all of it comes out of one budget. If he is not paying his child support, everything gets shorted. He has to pay his child support so that OP doesn't have to draw money out of other parts of her budget to pay for what the child support is covering. [/quote]

What's up with all the haters that don't think that single moms should get to go on vacation?[/quote]

1. I said that he needs to pay for child support.
2. I said he does not have to pay for an extra computer in the house if he does not have the money.
3. If the mom decided to pay for a computer instead of her vacation that was her decision, he bounced checks, she knows he is having problems paying, stop asking him for extras until he can get things going with his company. [/quote]

Clearly you know nothing about child support, the way it is disbursed, nor what it is intended to cover. You never said he needs to pay for child support - you seem to think that he should only pay for medication and food. Heads up - kids of divorce deserve more than food and medicine too! Child support is designed to provide them with the same standard of living as they would receive if their parents were still together.

Child support isn't an itemized budget where a paying parent can opt to pay for some expenses but not others - like a computer or a vacation. It's a lump sum each month that the payer is under court order to pay. This is a legal obligation, not something someone does to be nice.

Should the OP receive the child support she's entitled to, she would be able to take a vacation and buy a much needed computer. She's not asking him to pay for extras - she's asking him to pay the legally ordered amount to maintain her child.

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