This is kinda in a reponse to mumm about if it's greedy to want all you can get from child support. In a general perspective, yes, the less you have to do the better the child's taken care of (in some cases). I could do alot better in support of 2 of my kids, but they are taken care of. The other 2 I've been paying about 80% of my paycheck to, and for a while I had to still help the mother with cash, buy clothes, food, and for a while had the kids 4-5 days of the week. DCF finally caught on to what the food stamps and child support went to and took the kids, but I'm in a place that I can't have the kids because I couldn't afford my own place and have to worry about another state catching up to me because I didn't have enough money left over to pay the other child support. My recent ex has been real supportive over the situation, and I help when I can which isn't much, and she probably needed it the most. At least she doesn't quit trying to make an income when support starts coming in.
I guess I'm just kinda posting my response to the mumm, yes I think trying to suck a guy dry is greedy, but it also depends on the situation at hand. A true deadbeat doesn't deserve much slack, but at one time the parents would've had to go through the ups and downs together, so that shouldn't change now.
