Child support or income redistribution? "the sum total of Charlie [Sheen's] child support paid to exes Denise and Brooke has been estimated at $1.3 million per year."

2011-03-13T01:38:28+00:00

Every year George Clooney seems like more and more of a genius.

Fatalistic · 2011-03-13T00:54:36+00:00

I guess those kids really needed enough money paid toward them to buy diamond-encrusted silverware to eat with and the like. Massive child support payments like this totally don't go towards the women's personal spending or anything, oh no!

A few US states have this right in that they cap the amount of money paid. A woman doesn't need tens of thousands of dollars a month to pay for a child's expenses.

wolfsktaag · 2011-03-13T01:08:06+00:00

if you want the child to maintain the status he had while living with the father, make the child live with the father

Bobsutan · 2011-03-13T01:55:06+00:00

Onerous child support is definitely near the top of list of things I'd love to see fixed. In no particular order...

Base it on needs of the child and divide by half. That's what each parent should owe. Income of the respective parents and how much time they have with the child shouldn't matter. Ideally both would have equal custody anyway, although that's another matter entirely.
Have the funds go into a spending account similar to an HSA or FSA. Limit what the funds may be used for in the same way HSAs are limited for health related goods & services.
Hold people accountable for misuse of child support. Treat it the same way as when people misuse FSA/HSA accounts. Using an account as I mentioned makes tracking expenditures and auditing them for appropriateness a snap.
Child support obligations should be more easily modifiable. No more tales of men tossed in jail for arrears while waiting for a court hearing to have his child support lowered.
NO CHILD SUPPORT SHOULD BE COLLECTED UNTIL PATERNITY IS VERIFIED THROUGH DNA TESTING.

Title	Child support or income redistribution? "the sum total of Charlie [Sheen's] child support paid to exes Denise and Brooke has been estimated at $1.3 million per year."
Author	DougDante
Upvotes	6
Comments	7
Date	March 13, 2011 12:25 AM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/g2uc4/child_support_or_income_redistribution_the_sum/
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