What is your opinion on child support??

Question

Should a parent have to get the law involved for the other parent to to take care of there child?

Yes it would be nice to be married. However it didn't work out that way. But I also feel I shouldn't have to force someone to do something that should come natural. Also money isn't what I want. I want my child to know his father

Answer 1

Absolutely!! If he was old enough to play, then he is old enough and responsible enough to pay for the next 18 years!! Go after him!!

Good luck!!

Answer 2

Personally, I feel there shouldn't be child support. I mean that I wish parents would stay together so the support isn't a factor. Since I know that will never happen, I think it's really sad when the law has to get involved. It's really bad when a parent won't step up and take responsibility for their child. If that's the case, go after them. The child should be taken care of no matter what.

Answer 3

Yes you are right a child does need a father and yes that is the most important thing BUT....in a lot of cases the non custodial parent doesnt do the right thing and needs to be forced to provide for the child. Two people brought that child into the world and both should be responsible for that child.

That money is used to put a roof over their heads, clothes on their backs, food on their table, gas for the car to run them back and forth, electricity so they can watch tv, oil to heat the house..etc..it may seem unfair out there but I dont know of any women who have babies to get child support or any women getting rich off their ex husbands...

Let me give you an example: My daughter is handicapped although she is going to be 13 years of age she still requires child care..her father decided, when she turned 12 that childcare was no longer needed. He makes almost 200K a year...I dont even make a quarter of that. He takes her every other weekend and that is it..he is too busy to take her more...To find someone to care for a handicapped child is expensive and it cost almost as much a month as I make so I had to take him back to court to pay for it so that I could work...I tried speaking to him without involving the courts but it didnt work...sometimes it is a necessary evil

Answer 4

Without child support, my kids would be living in our car. Not really, but we'd be pretty destitute. I put my career aside to stay at home and care for our children. So now when their dad decides he would rather screw the office whore than stay married, money becomes a concern. Where we live, there is no way I'd be able to afford a decent apartment on what I'm able to earn.

However, my kids' dad has never needed to be harassed about child support. He pays faithfully (at least he's faithful about something) and spends a good amount of time with his sons. I think it's terrible when dads (and moms) are deadbeats who don't care about their child's well-being.

Answer 5

I would be afraid for my child to be with a parent that has to be forced to take care of him/her.Trust me if I HAD a choice wether or not I wanted my son to see his dad,I definately wouldnt let it happen,(you have no idea how horrible his father is).I'd let the kid decide when he/she gets older.It's also proven that a child does better in life all the way around being raised by only one parent rather than he/she having to run back and forth between parents,and I'd be thinking about my childs well being.

Answer 6

Child support is needed to take care of your children.Unfortunately too many women think that this money is a wind fall for them and use it for there lifestyle.It's nearly impossible to gage what was used for the child and what was used for her car payment.This is where men get very angry because they see their children running around in crappy clothing,when you know that you are shelling out sometimes as much as half of their paycheck to ensure that the child is properly taken care of,and the law is unable or unwilling to check this out.If you make a child he/she must be taken care of.You do like to eat don't you?Well so do kids.

Answer 7

They shouldn't have to but if needed yes do it. My husband pays child support to his ex-wife and well now me too cause we got divorced but are re-marrying lol. So she didn't HAVE to get the law involved but the court did order it so the courts are involved only because it was part of the divorce preceedings. But if the slack bastard isn't paying then by all means get the law involved ;) EDIT: I've got to add, he pays child support for 2 kids every single week to his ex-wife thru his employer and local social services department, she has denied him visitation for the last 6 years, why because of me, she can't stand me and she can't stand we are happy together and so on, but will the courts do anything no! They are quick to throw him in jail for missing his payments though. So yeah if needed get the law/courts involved it may prove useful one day like when we get the lawyer to bust her *** for child neglect :D

Answer 8

I feel that if the other parent is helping out when they need things like school clothes etc...then no child support, but, if u have a dead beat who was ordered to pay 50.00 a month child and won't even do that then yes i do.

Answer 9

Should they have to? No, the parent who has to pay should do so because it's the right thing to do.

Do many parents have to get law involved? Unfortunately, yes. My ex hasn't ever voluntarily paid child support. It is always taken from him out of his paycheck and there have been times he has quit just to avoid paying.

Do what you have to do - the child deserves the support of both parents.

Answer 10

In alot of the cases, the law won't help. My dad left behind me and 2 other kids and paid no child support to my mom ever even though he has been ordered to by the court and has even been arrested once. Its been so many years and they still cant get him to pay, but i dont care anymore. Even though my mom is still trying to fight a losing battle. If you think there is a chance though, then you should go for it definently. I hope it works out for you.

Answer 11

I straddle the fence with my opinion on child support because I am paying it for my youngest child on the flip side I have two children whos father has never paid me,or offered any financial support ever and my boys are 27 and 26! It gets to me that my wages are being garnished and his apparently arent