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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I met my husband shortly after his divorce was finalized. 65% of his actual income went to his ex because they counted his work travel reimbursements as income. He lived in a one bedroom apartment and for his weekends, they spent them at his parent’s house since they had room. It was sad. And they would show up needing clothes or a jacket or new shoes.  His ex moved into a nicer home while he struggled.
I’m all about taking care of the kids as the priority in a divorce, but the child support calculations usually put men at a disadvantage.  The kids don’t want to go to dad’s place because it’s a bachelor pad.  The kids think dad doesn’t want them around since he doesn’t get a place large enough for the kids - not knowing that dad literally cannot afford a larger place. [/quote]

I’m pretty sure there is a federal law that you can’t be required to pay more than 50% of your income in child support.  [/quote]

The only way that story makes sense is alimony plus child support which means he is the sole financial support.  In that case of course it meant that the household with the kids would get more than half.

If he made his apartment into a “bachelor pad” then he didn’t want the kids.  [/quote]
To kids, a one bedroom apartment with second hand furniture looks and feels like a bachelor pad, even with a bunch of pictures of the kids and their artwork on the walls.
The ex worked. Like I said, they took into account travel reimbursements for airfare, rental car, and hotel rooms as part of his income. It should have not have counted. So his actual income was much lower. 
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