>It wouldn't bother me as much that my ex gets a reduction of
>CS for our daughter if he were TRULY taking care of his
>children, but he doesn't. He has 7 children and he doesn't
>take care of any of them!
>
>I KNOW that there are many good dads out there who end up
>getting screwed by the CPs who are money-hungry! I have seem
>it first hand!
>I'm just saying that it's not fair that my ex gets our
>daughter's CS lowered everytime that he fathers another child
>(especially since he isn't taking care of those other
>children).
Here is the way I think it is looked at with the first kids' support coming first:
Someone put it to me this way one time, and it made sense.
If you bought a car and were paying the lender a certain amount per month for the car, then you went and bought a second car, do you think the lender for the first car is going to allow you to reduce the monthly payment for it so you can afford to also make payments for the second car? If you are acquiring the second car, it is assumed that you can afford both of them.
The same with having children...if you are having another one, it should be assumed that you can afford both the ones you already have (without reducing support to them) plus the subsequent ones.
>CS for our daughter if he were TRULY taking care of his
>children, but he doesn't. He has 7 children and he doesn't
>take care of any of them!
>
>I KNOW that there are many good dads out there who end up
>getting screwed by the CPs who are money-hungry! I have seem
>it first hand!
>I'm just saying that it's not fair that my ex gets our
>daughter's CS lowered everytime that he fathers another child
>(especially since he isn't taking care of those other
>children).
Here is the way I think it is looked at with the first kids' support coming first:
Someone put it to me this way one time, and it made sense.
If you bought a car and were paying the lender a certain amount per month for the car, then you went and bought a second car, do you think the lender for the first car is going to allow you to reduce the monthly payment for it so you can afford to also make payments for the second car? If you are acquiring the second car, it is assumed that you can afford both of them.
The same with having children...if you are having another one, it should be assumed that you can afford both the ones you already have (without reducing support to them) plus the subsequent ones.