Child Support
By shellyrios
@shellyrios (1212)
United States
January 6, 2007 3:39pm CST
What do you think? Do you think dead beat parents who don't pay child support should still have "visitation rights?" I think it is baloney. Why should the parent who is solely taking care of their children suffer for what the other isn't financially doing for the kids? I don't think it's right.
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@sbeauty (5865)
• United States
6 Jan 07
I think all the laws surrounding child support and visitation need to be redone. The whole system is screwed up, and the wrong people are ending up paying or unpaid. It goes both ways. My daughter has a 6-year-old step son. He is at their house 6 days a week by the mother's choice. All transporation back and forth to visitation is done by them. They pay all of his school and sports expenses as well as living expenses, and then they have to pay the mother $400 a month per the court order. They're afraid to go back to court, because they rightfully feel that they'd end up paying even more. Yet she pays for nothing and seldom wants to see her son. She had him for a couple of days over Christmas, and he got sick. So she called them to come and get him because she didn't want to take care of him.
@shellyrios (1212)
• United States
7 Jan 07
It is screwed up except I'm in the opposite situation. My sons live with me and their stepdad we pay for EVERYTHING!!! AND, their dad has gone through whole years NEVER seeing them, even though we had a visiting schedule set up, but he'll show up out of the blue and want to see them and when I tell him, he can't see them, he threatens to take ME to court. I went to court 3xs to complain that he doesn't comply with the court order and they tell me he still has that right no matter if he pays child support or not. It is VERY wrong.....My older son though realizes now that he's older what kind of a person he is, so he chooses not to see him. My younger son, goes with their paternal grandfather (who is a GREAT grandpa, spends more time with them than their own dad)to see their dad. It is just wrong and they need to place more stipulations in the process to make it fair for everyone.
@rarrimalion (674)
• United States
21 Feb 07
no they shouldn't have rights. If you are neglecting your, you lose your rights. It's that simple. One parent is doing everything and the other gets to waltz in and out whenever they feel like? No. The parent who is actually taking care of the child and being a real parent have precedence over the parent who won't support the child they created.
