Sunday, February 5, 2012
Child Support, a double edge sword.
The child support system was designed long ago with great intentions. If there was a mother and her family that needed support the towns people would pitch in so that this family could survive. They would later seek to find the estranged husband/father for repayment. Today the child support system has changed and there have become severe consequences to all involved. Don't get me wrong, the child support system does help some families but, they are very guilty of letting one rotten apple spoil the entire bunch. While there are parents out there that are truly unable to pay child support in a monetary fashion, those same parents are willing to give in ways that the "paying" parent may not be willing, i.e., quality time. Quality time in many cases can be more valuable than a check. There are moms and dads that ask for ridiculous amounts for payment, and when the other party cannot pay, the courts become more deeply involved and the consequences for the "non-paying" parent can be as serious as prison time, in the end, all parties lose.
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I feel as if Quality time by the father doesn't support the child. There are still childcare expenses, food, clothing/shoes, medicine, haircuts, rent, and lights/gas/electric. I am a single parent struggling to maintain for my child, i do not recieve daycare assistance nor foodstamps. I can barely feed myself, because I make it a priority to take of my child.
ReplyDeleteMy child's father feels as it Quality time is more valuable than a check. But, what if your child is leaving in a home where there are no electric, freezing atmosphere because there is no heat. I can live like this, but my child can't. If the father doesn't care about the well-being of the child when he/she is NOT in his presence, what does it matter if the father see him or not.
My child sees me struggling and it hurts me to have to go thru this because the lowsy $50 bi-weekly in childsupport does what exactly. I can't even pay a weeks worth of daycare. It may buy diapers.
If I'm able to get up and find a job to support myself and child. The Father can too! Justice is served when sending the father to jail. Because if you're not doing anything outside of jail, if you're not attempting to even look for a job, THEN THEY CAN SIT IN JAIL TO GAIN SOME MOTIVATION!!