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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My nephew pays $800 a month for one kid with no court involvement, he's paid it for 13 years, totally voluntary.  If he did go through the courts it would likely be about half that based on his income and Va laws.

He does it because he wants to.[/quote]

Ok it costs a ton to raise a kid. $800 isn’t much at all. In the summer camps are $400 a month[/quote]

Listen to yourself.

FYI activities like camp are typically above and beyond child support and split proportional to income (and must be mutually agreed to by the Ex-spouses)[/quote]

It does not matter what you believe is “extra.” OP’s BF has agreed to that amount or it has been ordered by a court. OP needs to butt out. Not her business. [/quote]

Honey, it is not what I believe. Or OP. Or her boyfriend. Or the boyfriend’s ex. What I am saying is things like summer camps are considered by the courts to be discretionary big-ticket expenditures that are outside what child support can normally and customarily be expected to cover. Those expenses typically are subjected to mutual agreement and proportional payments that are over and above the child support and either parent had veto power.  Please understand how this actually works before you opine. Thanks.[/quote]

I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.  OP’s BF agreed or was ordered to pay that amount. In DC summer camp and tuition costs could be ordered by a court when you earn enough to depart from the default guidelines. And if the BF voluntarily agreed to that amount and the consent agreement was entered in court, it now is a court order likely enforceable by contempt. [/quote]

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