A co-worker of mine went through a divorce with a very vindictive spouse who had a better job than he could ever hope to gain but she insisted on milking him dry anyway. To the point of constantly calling the home office of the company we worked for and asking what he was being paid. If he got a raise she would haul him back into court to get her share of it. She got the kids, the house and his wages to the point of having two new cars parked in her driveway. One of them a Corvette. All gained by using the children as a crowbar in court to leverage more of his pay into her own greedy pocket.
The way I see it in this modern age is... It takes two to tango and produce children but, it only takes one judge with draconian values to commit a one-sided robbery.
Both parents should be held equally responsible monetarily for their offspring.
Not all women are these helpless maidens with children to raise.
Not all dads are deadbeats until the divorce courts put them in the poor house.
