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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s hurtful is when you have bio kids getting way way less than a step kid because there’s not enough money left over. Total difference in living situation between siblings.

I just don’t really get child support between two people who have 50/50 custody and make similar amounts. Why is it even needed?[/quote]

Well, because they are ALL the biological kids of the father (in this case).

You are looking at it as "step-kids" getting less than "bio kids" but actually these kids all have an equal claim to their father's care, and his financial support. It is also true that the kids who are born first are treated differently by the courts. If the second marriage also ends in divorce, then child support on the "second batch" is determined after the "first batch" is removed, which tends to lesson the child support for the "second batch."

Basically, if you (general you) don't like it that your new partner is paying child support, then don't have kids with them. If you choose to partner with someone who already has children, then recognize that those kids have just as much claim to their father's resources as your "bio kids." [/quote]

You are entirely missing the point of that post.  If it is 50/50, then child needs an the same stuff in Dad's house as any other child would ask both parents have the same expenses.    And, child support doesn't necessarily go to the child, it goes to the mother who decides how resources are spent.   You can claim that's how it works and in theory it should and extra should be put away for other things or college but that's not how it works.

Even if a child is visiting every other weekend, they still need a bedroom, clothing and other things at Dad's house so Mom and Dad have equal extra housing costs.[/quote]

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