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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 54401" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>The issue is much more complicated that that VERY simplistic statement gonefshn.&nbsp; Child support payments go directly to the custodial parent and NOT....let me repeat NOT TO THE CHILD.&nbsp; Most non custodial parents wouldn't blink if a significant portion of that payment went to a college fund or something that ONLY the child can touch.&nbsp; That's not how it works.&nbsp; It is cash money that the court ASSUMES the custodial parent will use for the child.&nbsp; Oftentimes it doesn't get used for the child.&nbsp; When I paid support, I financed lots of trips to the casino and shopping mall, yet I had to buy my sons school clothes every year.&nbsp; Go figure.&nbsp; It gets better!!!!&nbsp; The money is not claimed as income by the custodial parent and can not be claimed as child care expenses by the non custodial parent for tax purposes.&nbsp;&nbsp; IT&quot;S FREE MONEY!!!&nbsp; The non custodial parent ALSO has NO say in how that money is used.&nbsp; Are you getting the picture a little bit there gonefshn.&nbsp; It's a MASSIVE screw job to the non custodial parent.&nbsp; However, based on your post, I'm sure you'd be THRILLED to give 18-25% of your income to a person you don't like to provide a good life for your child and have that child NOT get the good life you would like.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 54401, member: 314"] The issue is much more complicated that that VERY simplistic statement gonefshn. Child support payments go directly to the custodial parent and NOT....let me repeat NOT TO THE CHILD. Most non custodial parents wouldn't blink if a significant portion of that payment went to a college fund or something that ONLY the child can touch. That's not how it works. It is cash money that the court ASSUMES the custodial parent will use for the child. Oftentimes it doesn't get used for the child. When I paid support, I financed lots of trips to the casino and shopping mall, yet I had to buy my sons school clothes every year. Go figure. It gets better!!!! The money is not claimed as income by the custodial parent and can not be claimed as child care expenses by the non custodial parent for tax purposes. IT"S FREE MONEY!!! The non custodial parent ALSO has NO say in how that money is used. Are you getting the picture a little bit there gonefshn. It's a MASSIVE screw job to the non custodial parent. However, based on your post, I'm sure you'd be THRILLED to give 18-25% of your income to a person you don't like to provide a good life for your child and have that child NOT get the good life you would like. [/QUOTE]

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