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Kteach109's picture

Hi all! I need your opinions on something. DH and BM do not have any type of court documents saying who has custody or anything about child support. Well, like I said in my last entry, SD is going back with her mom and DH is going to start paying her again (which I think is the real reason she wants SD back in the first place but that is a different story). In addition to paying her $100 a week he also provides the insurance/health care, ALL the transportation (it is an hour one way to get her) and he just spent over $100 on new clothes for her because her mom can't afford it. Here is my thing: I said that since he got her the new clothes for Pre-K that it should count as his "child support" for the week, since we all know BM doesn't use the money for the kid. He got really angry at me telling me that he has to take care of his kid and things don't work like that. My response was why not.....you guys have no paperwork so it is up to you. He was really mad at me for suggesting that he take away from his daughter. He does everything and she does nothing. I don't think it's fair at all. Has anyone else been in a similiar situation?? What did you do?

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Rainbow.Bright's picture

I think you should do some research. Our state has a child support calculator which gives you a good basis on what the courts base money off of. See if you can find one and plug in the numbers. If the numbers are more than the amount of help he is giving BM now, (I have a very strong suspicion they will be) then you should thank your lucky stars and keep the boat from rockin. If he starts playing the "I don't have to" card and she takes him to court and does get those papers in place, then he'll have no choice.

However, if you find the numbers are vastly lower than what he is providing now, then maybe he needs to think about getting that court order in place.