[CaptainHaplo]

Well I do know a bit about the way they do Child Support here. It is horribly unfair. I got custody of my son nearly 2 years ago, and his mother has been "in school" for the last 5 - online only. During the 3 years she had custody, and when I recieved custody - she continued to claim her schooling made it impossible for her to work. Since I worked, and she didn't, the CS was calculated for me to have full "responsibility" share wise regarding the moneys needed to keep him sheltered, fed etc. Thus my CS was initially computed to be around 50% of my income. Needless to say that was... exorbitant in the extreme. It finally was set at the highest % allowed by law.

Now that I have custody, because I have remained employed and stable, while she has continued to pursue her "education", her total child support due is the state minimum - $50 a month. To date, I haven't recieved a dime. The amount was also set due to the fact she has other minor children that she is responsible for.

So she sits at home, collects welfare and food stamps from the state for herself and her other kids, sends her now husband out to work when he can find it (at least he tries and is willing), and whines about how life is unfair. 5 years later she is supposed to finally get her 2 year degree, but of course she plans on "continuing her education" instead of actually going out and becoming productive. Not to mention she gets to apply for all kinds of federal and state "grants" for her "education".

***Yes I know - I really made horrible choices when I was much younger....***

Because this woman has 3 children, and if she did not work during the marriage, if the guy has a decent job its very likely his CS amount will be rather high. She can claim no skills, and thus have her responsibility totally negated. She may have to get a job, depending on that amount. It is one of the true inequities of the system in place here, how they figure the numbers.