if my child does not want to come to visit on my weekend do i have 2 keep paying the full child support?

Answer 1

Yes. Child support is for the child to help with his/her upkeep. It doesnt matter whether you never see your child, you do have a responsibility to see that your child is financally taken care of. Your child did not ask to be born. I dont know the reasons why your child doesnt want to come visit with you, but that does not, in any way, take away your responsibilities to take care of your child financially. Maybe your ex is poisoning your child's mind. If that is the case, you need to go speak to a lawyer. There has got to be a reason why your child doesnt want to visit you. Find out what that reason is, and if it's because of the mother's coaching, then you need to see a lawyer.....good luck.

Answer 2

Yes !!
When you make a child you are financially responsible to provide for the child. Usually until they are 18 years of age and graduated high school.

Support is based on incomes of the two parents not on visitation time as someone has mistakenly stated.

Support and visitation are 2 separate issues.
Is it your child or the child's custodial parent causing the lack of visits? If the custodial parent is attempting to influence the child by saying disparaging things you could try getting custody of the child or at least bring this to the courts attention.
Do you have a visitation order? How old is the child? What are the reasons given you for the child not coming to visit? These are all important factors. If there is no court ordered visitation you need to petition the court for a visitation order.
Courts frown on custodial parents keeping children from visiting the noncustodial parent.

Answer 3

Absolutly. You make a child, you split, the financial obligation is still yours. Visitation is your right but you dont have to see the child and the child doesnt have to see you. Anyhow, the other parent involved may be influencing this childs oppinion. One day your child will be grown and can form thier own oppinion of you. If you pay your support faithfully, at least they can say you never forgot them, you never turned your back on them, never let them go without...and the money isnt just for the kid, it is for the CARE of a child YOU helped bring into this world! Clothing, utilities, food, school, medical, a list a mile long of expenses involved in raising a child, you can just put all that off on your ex.

Answer 4

If it's just one time then no your support will stay the same. but if it's all the time then maybe you could just ask your ex to lower your amount maybe he or she will. but usely your support is also based on how much time you have with the child in most case not all though. so the more time with them the less you will pay in support the less time the more you pay. maybe it a case that your child has planes that weekend with friends maybe talk to the child and see if you can switch weekends or if it's more then that.

Answer 5

unfortunatley yes this child support thing is a pain in the A** c jus because ur child does not wan2 visit on ur wkend doesn't mean that they still aren't ur child. Ur child is with u for the rest of your andthier lives so until that child turns a certain age u'l have to keep paying until certain things change eg custody etc. It's stupid i know but one of my family members is going thru this and yes, the fathers have the hard way so u still have to keep paying full child support, but its probably best that u go 2 ur soliciter or something.

Answer 6

If it's a regular thing that the child refuses to come during your court assigned time, make sure that whatever legal counsel you have knows about it, and the judge as well. This might influence them to ar least adjust the support numbers down a bit for you.

Answer 7

Yes you do. Whether you see your child or not you are still responsible for the well-being of your child. Ask your Ex if there anything wrong with your child. Maybe a phone call or just a letter telling your child how much you love to spend time with he/she helps. Good luck!

Answer 8

Yes, visitation has nothing to do with support. They are your child, so even if they don't like you to go to your home, you're still responsible for paying support. Don't give up on them though, they might just be going through a phase. They still need both parents even if sometimes they act like they don't.

Answer 9

Is your child less your child because they do not want to visit you. Less your responsibility? Less your own flesh and blood? A yes answer to these questions might prompt one to ask why the child doesnt want to spend time with you. Perhaps your ex is putting the child up to his/her hard feelings, but it changes nothing. The answer to your question is an unequivical YES!

Answer 10

There is no correlation between visitation and child support. You are still the bio parent and you are responsible for supporting your child until they are legally an adult. So why doesn't s/he want to visit you?