“These are maintenance payments to an adult.”
And they are ordered by a judge at the barrel of a gun.
Pay or go to jail.
Resist that arrest and they’ll likely shoot you.
Well, this certainly impacts me and I'll tell you upfront I'll quit my job and leave the state. Divorce judges seldom (if ever...) pursue ex spouses across state lines, especially if they have no job, work for cash, etc.. Screw the Republicans if they do this.
I understand that.
In some cases it is warranted, but in this current environment I have a hard time with the idea that a woman cannot provide for herself with child support. If she married up, I fail to understand why an ex-husband is compelled to provide maintenance. If the court ordered child support isn’t sufficient for the children to have an adequate life, then why should maternity win the day... if women are to be equal to men.
Having been through the divorce meat grinder, the never ending increases in child support that are based on pre-tax earnings that exceeded the “formula” by as much as 55% or more at times , and with the ex-wife in possession of the “dependents” for the purposes of taxes, you get to feeling like finely ground liverwurst.
Men have to pay child support whether the kids are theirs or not.