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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok,  I receive $800/mo in support. My mortgage payment per month is more than that. That's what I use support on. Accounted for. Done.

Is that what you're looking for?

I'm also reimbursed for childcare and extra curriculars. That money has been accounted for too.

We're done now right? Is that what you're looking for?[/quote]

I think you are missing the larger point (which has been made several times in this thread).

If we don't trust people to pay their child support, then we garnish their wages. If we don't trust people to use child support for their children, we require them to account for how the child support money is spent.

Some people in this thread have stated that wage garnishment is a part of their agreement/support order, and that it works fine for them. In my husband's case there is no support order and he and his ex have made their own arrangement and that works fine for them.

Some of us don't feel that wage garnishment or child support accounting should be implemented across the board--it should be done only if the adults in question want it done, or in cases where the trust has been breached by non payment or misuse of child support funds.

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And you're missing the point that the courts have heard ALL these arguments before. And they've said that as long as child support is used a way that is "beneficial to the child" they will NOT require an accounting. That has been interpreted very broadly. The courts have spoken. You are entitled to your opinion - but you'll lose the fight. People have tried and failed to use this shitty excuse to get access to their ex's financial information.

And as far as garnishing, the states deal with custodial parents complaining they did NOT receive money, as well as non-custodial parents claiming they did pay when they didn't.

All states that I know of allow parents OPT-OUT of garnishment orders. Some people do. Some people disagree and so it's garnished. Again, it's been litigated. The courts have spoken, and they agree across the board. [/quote]

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