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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on the info you gave here, the va calculator says you should get $1,100[/quote]

Already knew the calculator gives a pittance.
I’m not wondering what is legally mandated, I’m wondering what is fair.
X wants kids to live in a nice place, play sports, eat good food (and teens eat a lot!!) and thinks those things happen by magic.
If I picked what I would consider to be an affordable neighborhood, X would accuse me of placing the kids in danger. 
I do wonder if a certain poster is familiar at all with housing costs in DC area. 
It is not as if a 3 bedroom apartment or house is something every person would just easily have, unlike in rural areas where a house can be rented for 1k or less.

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Yes it is fair. And I read your other whiny post. It seems like you didn’t think through the reality of divorce and the impact on being a single parent with a single income. Child support is not meant to cover every single expense related to your children. It is a portion and you also must be contributing a portion. You can’t pretend your situation has not changed both in term so financial impact and career impact. I always warn friends who are thinking of divorce to really think it through and understand what is going to happen and what their situation will really be post divorce. [/quote]

Not OP but you know what I had to “think through”? All the negative consequences of divorce to me and my child vs staying and continuing to be physically abused. Why should my kid have to pay for what my a-hole ex won’t fix about himself?[/quote]

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