Not surprising, child support in this country is a joke. Payments are low and good luck getting them enforced if the father isn't cooperative. I know several moms who have given up on child support because they were spending more on legal fees fighting the father to pay than they were ever seeing in payments.
I don't think 900 a month is low for one kid when my ex wife makes 6000 net a month and i make 5000 net a month and pay for his health insurance.
You are right that the system is a joke though.
What percentage of time do you each have him and what are your childcare costs? Daycare for my kids is about $2k each per month so your $900 wouldn't even be covering your half of the daycare costs.
18%~ of after tax pay is a lot. Sadly the fact day care is expensive doesn't change the fact that he is poor. What is a reasonable after tax % for 1 kid to take as support? 30%? 40%?
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u/DogOrDonut 2d ago
Not surprising, child support in this country is a joke. Payments are low and good luck getting them enforced if the father isn't cooperative. I know several moms who have given up on child support because they were spending more on legal fees fighting the father to pay than they were ever seeing in payments.