[netmilsmom]

Wait, wait, wait. The argument for high child support is that each parent pays a percentage of the child’s expenses.

Dad makes 75,000 a year
Mom makes 25,000 a year

Dad pays 75%
Mom pays 25%

Where is “luxury” anywhere in this????

[RogerFGay]

Dad pays 75%
Mom pays 25%

Percent of what?

Beld admits that child support collection entrepreneur Robert Williams has had a significant influence on the development of guidelines (715–716). His original 1987 study explicitly states that his recommendations were intended to increase the average child support order by 250%. Source

Most states blindly followed his recommendations.