Si modo
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And the dicking around with visitation is exactly why some states are now criminalizing that sort of shit.I find national numbers irrelevant, as child support is a state's jurisdiction.I was speaking from a national standpoint, since were discussing national numbers. I actually have little interest in dong a state by state breakdown especially since it's not even a topic worth arguing about. since the bottom line is we both obviously disapprove of dead beat parents.
What is called a dead beat parent, is not always a real dead beat. There are too many times when a bitter ex uses the courts to dick around with their ex with the child as the number one pawn in their game.
yes and no on the state jurisdiction, there is a federal agency which oversees the state agencies, primarily to ensure that dead beats don't change states and avoid paying up.
And a dead is a dead beat if they aren't paying up regardless of what the custodial parent is doing. That doesn't mean the custodial parent can't be in the wrong to, b/c obviously you are correct and many custodial parents are pieces of shit who play games using the child as a weapon; but that doesn't negate the non custodials responsibility to pay child support.
This is why, for example, a non custodial can't use the excuse of no visitation to not pay child support. Even if mom (using stereotypes) refuses the follow the visitation plan and won't let dad (again using stereotypes) see the kid , dad better keep his child support payments up because the court doesn't take that excuse. They are two separate issues.
Which is a great idea....the parent should get put in the can for that shit.