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[quote=Anonymous]When my ex wife divorced me 8 years ago I was told that the default position of the court was that it was in the best interest of the child to spend 75% of the time with the mom and only 25% with the dad and that if I wanted something different I could fight... and I would have only about 25% chance of getting 50/50 according to my attorneys opinion.

The ex is now arguing that she needs more child support because the custody order is not 50/50.

Bottom line is that children have economic value to divorced women who want them more than 50/50 in order to increase $$ extracted from their ex husbands.

I pay my child support 100% yet I continually hear "larla gets more than me... you owe me.... I only earn X so you should pay me more..." She never argues that the children need more (i.e., doesn't demonstrate any child's need) she merely wants more for her because she feels like she isn't getting her fair share in comparison to her friends or because she feels economically slighted because I earn more than she does.

She is much wealthier than I am post divorce because she got the bulk of the assets (house, 401K, etc.) and in reality is better off financially even though she earns about 50% of my income. For her the divorce was merely a bump in the road financially. For me is was devastating and I'll never recover.  [/quote]

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