Is child support as it is presently configured wrong.?

I'm with you on this! My husband had to pay for years. And, like you, I agree it should be paid, but not like it is! We have just gotten done paying last year. Our oldest is 17. So, virtually all his life, he had to go without certain things because of this. It is not fair for 1 child to have everything while others go without simply because we are married. I can't count how many times over the years that extra money would have come in handy. And his ex is a nurse, so she was making good money, but knew how to hide it to make him pay more. As the child was nearing adulthood, we checked into how the process of getting it stopped works. This is a bunch of crap too. The custodial parent is supposed to let them know when the child is turning 18 or graduating or college. She didn't. So, we had to continue paying for a year and a half that he was an adult and "living with us!" But yet she kept collecting the money. That's how long it took to get into court. She got overpaid almost 10,000. Because of a tax thing and the payments from his check. They only awarded us almost 3000 back. Because she said she had to pay for a cell phone for him. And because she had to pay for a college course for him. Well, the phone got shut off for non payment and he only went to a few classes and dropped out. That's when he started living with us. And she didn't have to proove crap. They just believed what she said! The liar! So, in turn, we got screwed out of 7000! Now that's alot of jack to get screwed out of! And the best part, she hasn't paid a dime back even though she was ordered to. So, now we have to get another lawyer to take her back to court because this should have been paid off. Our turn, she is going to pay or she will be the one threatend with jail. So, make sure you start early on this when your kids start to reach legal age with as long as it takes to get into court. Don't trust your ex to get it started in a timely manner. They even once told me, when I called to complain, that my children should have never been born! Untill he was done with his first obligation! If I had known then what I know now, I would have sued for that comment! But yet, she was allowed to get preganant by 2 other men, and collect off of them as well and nothing said to her! Bullcrap! And what I had called to complain about was that when they went back in for a re-evaluation, they alloted us 1.79 per kid or ours to raise weekly and deducted that amount from what she was to get. Well, if I have to raise mine on 1.79 why doesn't she? It is just so screwed up it's not funny! The whole thing needs an overhaul. And, keep track of what you pay and owe yourself! They DO NOT keep accurate records! Keep this for the ENTIRE time you have to pay! If not, it may bite you in the butt someday like it did us! Keep all pay stubs and get printouts from them monthly or yearly. JUST KEEP RECORDS! Well, I guess I have grumped enough, but I hope a few things I have said you take heed to and listen for your own protection! It's gonna be a long haul. Good luck to you.

You are LEGALLY responsible to fix this. If you don't you'll face fines, penalties, and theft charges. You should repay your employee first, and then worry about messing with the child support agency on recovering the money that went to the wrong person. That's actually the right way to do it. How do I know, I'm a business owner too. Once you've repayed the employee, you will no longer face any of the fines and such. Fixing errors through child support will take a very long time, and if you wait to repay the employee until you've recovered that money, he could get into more trouble in the mean time that he is technically innocent of. Like the taxes being taken or maybe jail. Whether you give the employee a check or simply make another payment for him out of YOUR pocket is up to you.. But you have to do one or the other VERY soon. Then you can fight with the child support office.

Well, at least your original in your attempts to not pay child support.

Look buddy, you had a good time making the baby, you need to step up and be responsible. Everyone pays the piper sooner or later.

The custodial parent ALWAYS has more expenses than the non-custodial parent. Your child support check goes into the "pool" towards running that household. How she spends it is none of your business.

And, you are truly foolish if you believe that any woman ever got rich off the measly child support judgements that come out of our court system. Grow up!

Cash cow?...you are surely kidding...I can promise you no woman anywhere ever has gotten rich from child support...I predict you will get spanked on this one....child support in most cases doensn't even begin to cover the true costs associated with caring for children...and I know...I have been there.

The man always moves on and has a better life style than the woman..always. The mom is torn between working her a** off to make ends meet and has a full time mom job...sorry but you got it wrong..very wrong...support is based on income..sorry you are wrong.

grow up you stupid little man!