Unfair child support laws
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Jun 8th, 2011Someone from Mosinee, WI signed.
Jun 8th, 2011Someone from Mosinee, WI writes:
Child Support needs revision!! Current laws were based mostly on the works of Jacques van der Gaag of the Institute of research and poverty, University of Wisconsin, Madison. These guidelines were only intended for welfare cases. The study assumed ? The Custodial parent had the child 100% of the time ? The CP had no income ? The NCP was a low income worker ? The NCP paid little in taxes The current guidelines are making it so the CP receives alimony in the disguise of child support. Anything above low income creates a windfall for the CP, not to mention the high income payer who gets higher taxes ? Wisconsin has no cap on child support, why? This again creates a huge windfall for the CP and a larger tax burden on the NCP ? The CP gets the entire tax burden yet the NCP receives the tax benefits ? .Both the CP and NCP should be responsible for the costs of the child. Second Families ........NCP's are left with little to support a second family, yet the CP can get remarried, and her new husband pays for half of rent and utilities, so why is that not taken into consideration? However To receive benefits from the state (food share , ect) , Wisconsin uses ALL income from households to determine if a family receives benefits....so it is okay for the state to uses a new husbands income or a cohabitants income, but for child support factors that the mother no longer pays all the rent or utilities it is not? The step parent should not be held liable to pay for the costs of the child, but when guidelines were created it was figuring on just the CP and NCP covering rent and utilities. Overtime or bonuses Why is the state not setting child support order just by the CP?s hourly rate? Instead the state takes past years income that included overtime so when they no longer receive the overtime, they are actually paying a higher percentage than they should be or for some falling into arrears each check. ....A lot of NCP?s volunteer for overtime to make up for the child support they pay Same thing for things like incentive bonus that some companies give If a NCP is hired for a 40 he week and given a salary for that 40 hrs, that is all that should be used for child support. If a company gives a incentive bonus or profit sharing bonus on top of that, child support should leave it alone. People receive the bonus for how much extra time and effort they put into it. Wisconsin child support system is incentive for woman to keep getting pregnant. a NCP that has two children from the same mother gives 25% But a woman that has two children from different fathers get 34%, and she gets to choose not to work even after the children are in school all day. Wisconsin gets so much from Federal for every dollar they can collect in child support. No wonder the unfairness for the NCPJun 8th, 2011Someone from Mosinee, WI signed.
Jun 8th, 2011Someone from Mosinee, WI writes:
They allow the CP not to work, make it impossible for the NCP to have a second family. But yet the CP can get married has her new husband to also help pay the rent, utilities so in like that CS should reduced some..a NCP should not still be assumed to pay half of the rent and utilities.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 8th, 2011Someone from Mosinee, WI writes:
They allow the CP not to work, make it impossible for the NCP to have a second family. But yet the CP can get married has her new husband to also help pay the rent, utilities so in like that CS should reduced some..a NCP should not still be assumed to pay half of the rent and utilities.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJun 7th, 2011Someone from Hanover, PA signed.
Jun 5th, 2011Someone from Saint Louis, MO writes:
my income was reduced. i filed modifications in court and with the agency. the agency simply ignored me, then said no. i finally got the court to order a review, but then the agency declined again. Finally had an actual Trial. The court imputed income to 70K when i actually made 3800, 4800 and 38,000 AND misrepresented my custody. Men need to organize marchs and more political action.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 21st, 2011Someone from Denver, CO writes:
From misadventures of my youth I have fathered 6 kids with 4 women in 2 states. I work full time and before taxes I pay nearly 55% of my earnings for child support. When it's all said and done (after taxes) I work full time and take home just over $100 a week. My employer doesn't provide medical insurance and I am now being asked to pay to provide medical insurance. 3 of the four women don't work and receive state benefits, one even graduated college for free as a single parent and still don't work. I get charged a percentage (9%) if I am late that the women don't receive. I'd like to find a lawyer to maybe help get it lowered but can't afford one, if not for my fiancé I don't see how even working full time I could afford to live.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 18th, 2011Someone from Sun Prairie, WI signed.
May 17th, 2011Someone from Albemarle, NC signed.
May 16th, 2011Someone from Mount Holly, NC signed.
May 9th, 2011Someone from Rockford, IL writes:
Child support should be fair and one should not be able to add "alimony" to it so they don't have to pay taxes on that amount. It's all an unjust system!!! Also, a father who paid almost 25,000 in child support in one year for an 18 yr old and 17 yr old is hardly a deadbeat dad while the mother is being supported by her new boyfriend, flying around the world and sent the daughter off to live with her brother in a different state!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 3rd, 2011Someone from Willoughby, OH signed.
Apr 29th, 2011Someone from Quakertown, PA signed.
Apr 28th, 2011Someone from Wausau, WI writes:
The Wisconsin child support needs to be changed. Child support should be a shared obligation between the parents. Tax consequences should be also considered, custodial parent is much better off. The percentage method was created so many years ago that it is time for a change! "Essentially,the cost estimates are based on a definition such that all that matters is economic well-being of the parents?as though that is the only consideration used to determine whether to have children or not. The definition leads to an overstatement of child costs. In real life, when parents choose to have children, they both realize it is with the loss of the standard of living for them . They choose this lower standard of living for because of the satisfaction from having children." So why when parents split,the custodial parents get a higher standard of living with high child support awards instead of taking all factors into consideration.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 26th, 2011Someone from Medford, MA writes:
The child support guidelines and the way child support is handled in general is a mockery of the justice system and shows the incompetency and corruption that exists in our Government. Changes need to be made and rulings need to be handled on a case by case basis to stop this insanity.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 25th, 2011Someone from Wichita, KS writes:
The family law is the biggest scam in this country stripping familys from their children's future. The judges and lawyers are all in it. The more parents fight, the more money they make. Courts get incentive for every dollar child support they collect from the federal govt. This is pure conflict of interest. Child support does not even go towards the children. The system put a money prize called child support and watch parents fight for it while they fill up their pockets along the way. Very unethical system. IT HAS TO CHANGE!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 14th, 2011Someone from Pittsburgh, PA writes:
I am divorced to a woman who has not worked in 13 years. Her actions were a major reason in ur divorce. I am not rich. The State has rewarded her for her actions and left me wit payment that are not even enought to survive. noe i go to work to pay her while she still sits at home. the dynamics of the family has changed why isn't our system sophistated enough to adapt to change. THIS IS NOT FAIR!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 13th, 2011Someone from Huntington, VT signed.
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Apr 10th, 2011Someone from Paterson, NJ signed.
Apr 8th, 2011Someone from Houston, MN writes:
I am a divorced mother and I am now remarried however I was a single mother for a couple years. I fought the county tooth and nail every step of the way with the child support process. I do not want my ex-husbands money. The government wants it. When we were married our children qualified for the same county assistance as they were on once we seperated but now one of us has to pay for them to be on it? My ex-husband and I have a 50/50 parenting arrangement and are currently fighting the county because they still want one of us to pay the other even though we have completely equal obligations. I think that the focus should not be on the money but on trying to get children as equal as possible time with both parents.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 5th, 2011Someone from Chanute, KS writes:
The govt has made this about money not the children. The allotted amount of money that each social rehabilition service recieves contiunously increases but with t he current laws they should be better off . Where is this money going? I know for a fact that the organization has left over money at the end of the year that they "get rid of" so they will get more next year. Wait isnt this the tax money that we are all paying? I am and have been paying child support for a child that recieves half of what I make. I also have two children and a wife at home and we have to live on the other half. How can anyone justify that? I have half a notion to get in the system myself and just keep having kids just so I can feel justified. I'm not fond of that idea but where else can we fight this injusticeREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 29th, 2011Someone from Ellenwood, GA signed.
Mar 29th, 2011Someone from Ellenwood, GA writes:
Well, I could go on and on about how DIRTY this fisad this Corporation is killing us off mentaly not only Physically, I have red all of u guys comments my HEART go,s out to every single one of u, I feel your PAIN your DISQUSE, I myself is a VICTIM, I have had Representatives hang up the phone in my face, DIstrict Attorneys avoid my call here in georgia, it seems the Rabbit hole is DEEPER than it is, they must be getting Compensation or someone or some elite group is holding our leaders by the B$&:s, instead of Arguing about taxes the war inIRAG, or LIBYA, god nows where else, we should raise hell during Elections about CHILDSUPPORT!!!, and in the COURTS,(the bill of rights the constitution),im wondering if these important Documents are being Ignored,u cannot trust the Courts u cannot trust Congress,and u Damn cannot trust 99.98% of these ATTORNEYS to help, and to make it even more Wonderfull I found out that the 2 kids may not be mine hows that for a SURPRISE!!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 25th, 2011Someone from Edinboro, PA signed.
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Mar 22nd, 2011Someone from Durham, NC writes:
I am a female but I am against the way child support is calculated as well. Although the majority of time it's the male that earns more, I am a case where I make 3x the amount of my ex. Although we both earn respectable salaries (60k vs 180k) and I don't "need" his money for my children to be comfortable, I hate the fact that as my salary contius to soar his child support obligation continues to go down. Why is it the better the custodial parent does for themselves, the less the absent parent has to pay? I think child support is moreso setup to hinder the parent that makes more money - whether that person be a male or female, custodial or noncustodialREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 19th, 2011Someone from Woodinville, WA writes:
I strongly believe that child support laws pit men and women against each other (which is damaging to children who get caught in the middle), steals from people to a point where they cannot survive and upholds criminal behavior. Yes, I think that it should be considered criminal behavior to make several children with several men and sue them all for child support, robbing them of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The state is teaching children that laziness, vindictiveness and irresponsibility are all rewarded and morally acceptable. Teaching children that it is okay to destroy someone else's life to have more money-that is child abuse.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 17th, 2011Someone from Saint Louis, MO writes:
I have been paying child support for some years. My oldest son is 20 and will be turning 21 in June of this year. I also have twins with the same mother, their mother passed away in 2005 and custody was awarded to my ex wife's mother. She went after me for child support which I have paid with no problem, even though she took the kids to Atlanta without my permission. To make a long story short, my twins are 19 now and because the my son (the twin) failed a grade and is still in school and the grandmother sent a letter to child support, saying he would attend collage, I have to pay the full amount for all three until the last two turns 21 years old.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 10th, 2011Someone from Graham, WA writes:
Use, abuse, & VICDICTVINOUS, PEDESTAL QUEENS--feminism says give me, give meREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 5th, 2011Someone from Paragould, AR signed.
Mar 3rd, 2011Someone from Cambridge, MA signed.
Mar 1st, 2011Someone from Henderson, NV writes:
I pay 25% of my gross income for child support here in Clark County. The law states that she is supposed to pay 50% of all health care costs. The DA for clark county told me that, there was no way I could prove that my company paid for my health insurance and that I would have to take it to court if I wanted to receive any healthcare reimbursment over $200 a month. In addition, my child support is so much that my ex doesn't even have to work or contribute a cent to my child's upbringing, and I am still in the low middle class income bracket! Now is that what a fair un-biased system is about?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 24th, 2011Someone from Springfield, MA writes:
I just can't believe that I have to pay 372.00 per week for one child and she can get away with being on mass health. It's just not fair! How am I supposed to be able to even do anything when I am with my son? Why isn't support 50/50? I feel so violated. It must be nice to be able to sit home and feed of me to a tune of 1488.00 a month tax free! So disgusted with are system. Is it really worth working?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 24th, 2011Someone from Springfield, MA writes:
I just can't believe that I have to pay 372.00 per week for one child and she can get away with being on mass health. It's just not fair! How am I supposed to be able to even do anything when I am with my son? Why isn't support 50/50? I feel so violated. It must be nice to be able to sit home and feed of me to a tune of 1488.00 a month tax free! So disgusted with are system. Is it really worth working?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 24th, 2011Someone from Springfield, MA signed.
Feb 22nd, 2011Someone from Sylva, NC writes:
Just another dad that is getting robbed by the system.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelFeb 21st, 2011Someone from Simpsonville, SC writes:
Texas Law makes you pay 25% of you net pay regardless of you income and you childs mothers income. In my case my son's mother has been remarried and just had a baby and has now quit her job, requested a child support review in an effort to get more money so she can sit at home with her new baby. When I wanted a review to lower my child support the Child support divison told me to get a second job or get an attorny. Why isnt child support based on both incomes of the mother and father and the age of the child and why is law in her vavor and not both .REPORT COMMENTS
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