should child support money also be used to go to a campif it educcatinol?

Question

theres a camp and i believe if its my dads money and he dosent have very much of it he should be able to say that my child support can go towrds that ?not my mothers rent or power or ciggs.

im old enough to under stand my mom and here boyfriend say they owe me noithing in life .

Answer 1

I believe that the child support should, and can, go towards anything that benefits the child. If that is for rent, food, electricity, water, clothes, shoes, school lunches, school activities, or even camp, then that is perfectly fine.

I know you say you understand, but child support is supposed to go to support the child while in the parents care. Your mother has every right to use it towards rent, if you are in fact living in her home. She has every right to use it for electricity, if you are getting use out of the electricity. I don't think you understand exactly what child support is meant to be used for. It is to support the child. This includes providing a place to live and electricity. Now cigarettes, that is not what child support should go towards.

Answer 2

Child support can't really be earmarked for particular things. It's money that goes to the other parent to help that parent pay their expenses. The money that that parent spends does not have to be accounted for at all. As long as the child is cared for properly, the other parent really doesn't and can't have a say in it.

I don't really understand how certain funds coming into the household could even be spent on 'only the child'. That's not what it's about. It's additional funds that the parent uses to support the additional expenses that come with having a child. It's not play money or money that's gives the child more than they would have if living in a two-parent home.

The parent who receives the child support gets to decide how they're going to use that money. If both parents want the child to attend a camp that's beyond the normal daily expenses in the child's life, then they will have to agree together how they're going to pay for it.

Answer 3

Paying rent and other bills with child support, is child support you live there and use power if that is what your mother uses it for so what. There are other expenses involved beside you going to camp.

Answer 4

The money is supposed to be used to support the child (it is called CHILD SUPPORT for a reason). However, many people use it for whatever they want. If camp isn't that expensive, then I think your mom should allow you to go.

Answer 5

Child support - supports you food, clothes, heat, electricity, etc. . .that is the bare minimum . . . If you want to go to a camp (even if educational) you father & mother would have to pull this money outside of standard childsupport payments..

you seem young so you might not understand - but you would need to see if they can afford it -

Answer 6

Your father has no say in what the child support goes towards, unfortunately. The courts leave that up to the mother, or whomever has custody. It is their responsibility to use the money wisely.

Answer 7

well, if your dad thinks your mom is spending the child support unwisely, he has to take her to court. but i would have to say that paying the rent is more important than a camp. your mother has to cover the basics before she can send you to extracurricular things. yes, it should be spent on you, but a roof over your head is for you too. her cigarettes, no. but a camp? she doesn't have to spend it on that. if your dad wants to pay for you to go to a camp, he can do that as something extra.

Answer 8

If your mother is not giving you the child support money that is wrong because the money is for the child not for her partying and not taking care business ( the child )