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Originally Posted by 1stLand
Aside from the custody battles (which suck) I am always worried about child support payments that are large and ridiculous (just because the guy has a great income) and then like an above poster mentioned - they end up paying for your ex gf's ________ which has nothing to do with your kid
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The whole idea with child support is to provide the child with the same standard of living that (s)he would have enjoyed had the parents still been together.
It's FAR more complicated though. From what I've seen and read there is no magic formula for calculating what gets paid. Some pay more, some less, and from what I can tell it usually comes down to what your lawyer can negotiate for you.
And yes, women pay child support. I know one that pays spousal support on top of child support, and she has the kids. Although it's not really child support, it's more "I can't take the kids out for dinner, can you send me money" when he has them, because he's poor (for whatever reason).
Bottom line, if you don't want to run the risk of getting into these battles, don't have kids and don't get married.