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Originally Posted by Ponytail

Regardless of what income the parents make, Child support is usually granted such that the child is able to live at the same level of economic comfort post-divorce as they would pre-divorce as to keep the child OUT of the reasons for divorce, and as a pawn after the divorce. This is the fact that most parents, that are required to pay seemingly enormous amounts of child support, fail to recognize. The parents, BOTH parents, are the ones that are SUPPOSED to suffer, taking a hit in the shorts and a degradation of lifestyle, for the benefit of the child for it is NOT the childs fault that the marriage did not succeed.

This does get thrown out of whack and used by the bitter half (yes, I said bitter) to make the other one suffer. This is where the lawyers can make it ugly normally for both sides.

If the paying parent was a low-life scum bag pre-divorce, the courts generally attempt to make that individual straighten up and essentially finally take some responsibility and get a job and keep it, hence the seemingly large amount of child support ordered to pay by the said scumbag claiming to be poor.

That doesn't cover all low-income/high child support cases, I know. I've seen folks on boths sides of that coin get screwed. But as any lawyer will tell you, paying something is better than paying nothing. Make a case showing that you can't afford to pay it by paying what you can, instead of complaining, running from the law, and paying nothing.

Bingo.