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In reply to the discussion: Change On Federal Benefits Payments Could Leave Child Support Debtors With No Income [View all]SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)having one doesn't give one a license to be rapacious and spiteful.
yes, there are men out there who don't give a fuck about supporting their children. No one is arguing that they don't exist.
However, there are plenty of men who want to do right, but because of circumstances beyond their control (injury, lay-offs/job loss, mental health issues) they cannot meet what was ordered. There should be a remedy made available to them to restructure their payments or give them the opportunity to have joint custody and the mother also pay into it so that the best interests and needs of the child are met. The alternative is that married people cannot leave or obtain divorces and force them to remain in the marriage/relationship until the minor child has reached the age of majority.
There is no one out there that will go along with being forced to remain in a marriage in order to meet the needs of their child.