Just a Question

rightsbot · 2012-06-03T08:20:18+00:00

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funnyfaceking · 2012-06-03T10:51:15+00:00

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2012-06-03T08:44:43+00:00

Child support in it's current incarnation stems from a time when it was much more common for men to bring home the income and women to handle the domestic responsibilities, specifically child rearing (or at least the parts that the court recognized). After a couple split, it was assumed that each partner would continue in their given roles (with respect to raising the child that is). The end result was that men were still expected to pay for the child while woman would take care of them (with the money given by the man).

eggilicious · 2012-06-03T09:00:28+00:00

It it not that the man has to pay the women per se but both parents have to contribute to bringing up the child so it is not disadvantaged. It is because the mother is usually the custodial parent that the father is usually the one who has to pay the other parent but if the father gets custody the mother pays him. It isnt seen legally as one parent providing for the other but as ensuring both parent pay for the upbringing of their child

mikesteane · 2012-06-03T10:48:14+00:00

The main purpose of child support in some places seems to be so that the courts can take a cut of it. It would not seem to have anything to do with the child's best interest, otherwise there would be some accountablility for the way it is spent.

2012-06-03T09:16:20+00:00

This is a stupid question and you know it. Child support is to support children and both women and men are legally required to pay it if they are the non-residential parent.

In the US, at least, judges make decisions about his unfairly often awarding custody most often to women, requiring the father to pay too much and creating a situation where a man is required by law to support both wife and child until the child is of age.

Title	Just a Question
Author	marbig
Upvotes	0
Comments	6
Date	June 3, 2012 8:19 AM UTC (14 years ago)
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