She left a job paying 240 a year to stay home and he bitches about 4 k in support? That is peculiar.
But the fair thing is for both to have 1/2 time jobs,,they could job share since she can't get 1/2 time. And then both contribute and both get to stay home.
"But the fair thing is for both to have 1/2 time jobs,,they could job share since she can't get 1/2 time. And then both contribute and both get to stay home."
Yes, but then what if the husband doesn't want to do that either?
In our family, my dad worked and my mom stayed home, I worked and my wife stayed home (the kids are grown now, but now we've got grandkids and my wife is pretty busy with them... and still home), and I've always believed thats the way it ought to be.
When a marriage breaks down, the dad owes a fair share of the child's expenses. Since the woman's earnings are usually limited for at least a few years after the divorce, if he has left her, he should pay something more during those first few years until she has had time to get on her feet.
But this seems like a unique case. She is, or was, a millionaire. And while she says she wasn't allowed to work half-time, it seems to me that part-time and flex-time work is pretty common in the medical field, especially when they work through an agency. I sympathise with her desire to be off while the child is at her house, but I find it hard to believe she couldn't get work through an agency the week he's with his dad.