Should men be entitled receipts from child support?

Well, I think you should get a receipt to say that you've paid the money, but how do you know that the child is getting the money? I mean......your "ex-lady" surely has to feed and cloth the child, so she has to get some of the money, no? Maybe she should be showing you receipts for rent/mortgage, food and clothes so that you know the money is being spent on the child.

The thing of it is that there is a lot involved in taking care of a kid. The courts will tell you that the money can be used towards: rent, food, utilities, dr. bills & such. Yes, the mother benefits from these things too but it is still classified as taking care of the child's well being. I am not saying the father does not have the right to ask where the money goes. I do not think he has the right to dictate what it pays for it most cases.

I think you should get a receipt saying you paid it but as to where every lil cent went...no. My hubby pays child support and we know for a fact it doesn't go to the kids well one kid now the other two left when they were old enough...woohoo 3 more years of child support on the other one then I can tell his ex off. lol .... sorry back to the topic. I know it can be used toward the heating and bills on that nature and food. Not just clothing and things.

I agree your opinion. If you don't want to egt it, you won't know where the money spend, maybe someone spend it for herself but not the child, because the money is important to the child, no one have the right to use money for other usage. A receipt it fair to the man and women.

I think Father's should have a right to their Children anyway.. unless he was some Hardcore Criminal then NAH! This sort of thing is so common that there are alot of Children who miss out on their Dad's and Visa Versa.. Its pretty sad.. but yea to answer your question.. Yep I think so too..

I agree! My husbands ex wife gets alot in child support and we never see where it goes to! I think that we would feel alot better knowing exactly where it went to!

anyone who spends money is entitled for a receipt,and the men are entitled to know how their child support money is received and spent,

Yes i do agree. A receipt or any proof is required. If in case in the later stages his ex-lady file a case saying that he has not paid any money.He has no proof and again he will face the brunt and she could ask more money and almost bankrupt him.

Well, my daughters father outs the money into my bank account himself and he keeps his own bank receipts for his own proof. I do not think that there is any need to question me though as he knows that it all is spent on his daughters and not on me! We have a great relationship that way as he knows that i am a good mother and i do not sqwauk too much when he is late a few months at times!!

Yes, since it is something done legally, men must be entitled to reciepts for child support.

I think that all men or women paying child support should be allowed to have that choice to have reciepts provided to them. Here in Canada, under certain circumstances, men/women are allowed to purchase products that their child(ren) need instead of giving money itself...that way they know where the money is actually going.

I think receipts should definately be required. In fact I think the whole child support system should be completely overhauled. Too many people are getting ripped off by a system that overcharges, allows visitations to be illegally denied, and that is plainly geared toward the custodial parent. I know it is geared to toward the custiodial parent because child support told me so when I accused them of discriminating against me in favor of the dingbat. There are federal guidelines in place to show what a person should pay for child support according to income. Too many times when a person's income goes down, they will either deny the request outright,"lose" it, or sit on it until the child becomes emancipated. Then when you call them on it, they will tell you that there is no reason to lower it now since the child is now emancipated. But hey, you are welcome to get a lawyer if you want to try to fight our decision. Like anyone that is paying can afford that. I also know what it is to try and see your kid and be threatened with having the police called. I don't know about the law anywhere else, but in my state visitation and child support work hand in hand. If visits are interfered with then the entire child support order,including the amount that has already been paid in, can be overturned and the one in violation would have to cough up the amount that she had been paid. The trick is getting a lawyer, and spending a lot of money in legal fees to get that done. That is how these women are getting by with this crap. There are so many that respond to these threads and tell us how it is all about the children, and that if we complain too much we should just grow up. Well there are 2 sides to this story. Those who are getting the child support and allowing the visits are one side. Those who are not, are as much in the wrong as someone who deliberately tries to get out of paying the support without good reason. Well it isn't just about the children, it is also about the rule of law and the fact that so many women are in violation of that law. Child support has become far to easy to abuse, and far too many are taking advantage of a system that is for all intents and purposes broken. Anyone that is collecting child support and at the same time is interfering with court ordered visitation is stealing. My dingbat ex used to refer to me as her cash cow. That says a lot about an attitude that is becoming more prevalent all of the time, and is something that a lot of people don't seem to want to acknowledge is happening.

Yes, whoever is the primary parent should get child support. Just because it is a man, doesn't mean they shoudn't get it. Women want equal rights, and so that goes along with it. You can't pick and choose. Today most women work, and there are a lot of men, who have custody, and the parent should be paying.

First of all an adult must receive the money not a minor child. Therefore the parent caring for the child must be the one to receive it. That parent in most cases will know what expenses the child has or causes in more detail than the paying parent. The parent actually caring for the child should be the only one deciding how that money is spent. Should the other parent get receipts as proof? Only if they are willing to provide their own list of expenses, bills and "fun money". That way the custodial parent would have "proof" of the other parent's true income. For that matter the custodial parent should provide an itemized list of every last dime spent on field trips, sports fees, friends birthday presents, library book late fees, cough syrup, doctor's bills and every other "minor" expense that comes with raising a child so that the non custodial parent can see that in most cases they're getting off quite easy.

Children are not merchandise. Merchandise may need a receipt, but not children. If you pay child support through the court, the court keeps track of everything and things go more smoothly. And another thing.. Men are not the only ones who pay child support. Women pay child support in some cases.

I agree totally. Not only so that they know their child is getting it but also so that the ex doesn't claim she hasn't gotten the money. She goes after the ex and without this proof he has no way of showing that he paid. I think that is a very good idea. It protects him.