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Originally Posted by NikKay
And MANY "Fathers" walk because they're selfish lazy bastards. The current laws were created out of a need because, even before they existed, deadbeat parents were abandoning their children.
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That's bullshit.
Fathers become deadbeat dads because a large percentage of their income goes to someone who hates them for knocking them up in the first place, and in return all they get is eighteen years of bullshit and little to no say in any decisions about their upbringing.
Let's flip this around - Why does a child always go to the mother? Seems to me these kids need a stable father figure.
I'm married, and my wife and I have a beautiful, healthy, smart seven year old daughter. I'm a part of her life every day and thrilled to death about it. But if you told me you were going to take 30% of my income and I'd have no say on how my daughter was raised and I'd only get to see her once a month on Saturdays for four hours...... I'd kill someone.
My sister in-law has three kids, two from a prior marriage, and one in grade school. The two older kids are in college now. She doesn't make much money to begin with, and because of her job and lack of dependable transportation she decided it would be much better if the child stayed with the father. She no longer collects child support but instead has to pay child support; She lost her house six months ago because she was using the child support to pay for the house. Now that she doesn't have this "income" she couldn't afford to keep her house, and on top of that she has to pay child support to him. Don't get me wrong, she made the right decision - She was unable to properly raise the child because of her job and decided to have the father raise the child. But when she did this she screwed herself and now she's seeing what it's like on the other side of the fence when you pay for the right not to see your child. It's bullshit.