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Actually, that is the trend nowadays.

In Maine they got upset because with joint parenting because now the the 'cross-credit" was sharply reducing the child support amounts.

So, rather than base child support on the cost of raising children, times the % of time you have the children, they threw out any adjustment for joint parent unless both parents were with the kid "substantially equal" amounts of time.

So, a parent who has the kids 40% of the time is required to pay the exact same child support as a parent who is with the kids none of the time. So much for "child support is for children".

Then, even for parents who share the kids about equally they came up with an "enhanced child support obl;igation" which is designed to try to equalize the household;d income in both homes. Wait a minute - I thought that was the purpose of alimony? Nope - that is now the purpose of child support. It's breaking many guys - there are a lot more "dead-broke" guys than dead-beat guys.

So, no bullshit at all. And it's why guys are blowing their brains out in courthouses nowadays.

Or maybe you thought it was just a new social trend - like getting a tattoo or body piercing.