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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
Does that mean that groceries for the children need to be purchased separately from the parents? What about rent/mortgage payments? Does a proration need to happen so that these payments paid on separate accounts? This is all so unnecessary.
There are bad apples but I generally believe that most of the parents with custody of their children act in the best interest of the children. A far bigger problem, IMO, is deadbeat parents who refuse to give their children any support.
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I agree. Micromanaging the money you give to the spouse is a step too far. Yes, there are a few bad apples who will spend the money on themselves and not the children but they will be found out eventually as usually they are the type to also beg for handouts of food and monetary assistance while they continue to splurge on themselves. Someone will catch on and they do get caught.
The bigger problem is deadbeats who either do not pay, or see the spouse making a fair wage and purposely refuse extra work or pay because they know they can pay much less since the Section 7 expenses are based on a wage comparision (i.e if Spouse 1 makes $50,000 and Spouse 2 makes 25,000 then Spouse 1 covers 75% of the expense and Spouse 2 covers 25%). My ex is currently doing this. Has been offered opportunities to the moon and refused them all because if he made more he would have to pay more.
I have 100% physical and legal custody of our child as ordered by a court and I also pay 75% of all expenses (daycare, school, extra curricular activities) because his wage is a 1/3 of mine by his own choice. The amount I get per month from him for child support and Section 7 expenses combined doesn't even add up to half of what I pay for daycare.