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Originally Posted by Ayla_SquareTurtle
I think our opinions on this are actually more similar than it may seem. I would MUCH RATHER see people involved in a 50/50 split where no one has to have to have an actual child support payment just like you described. That would be ideal, and it seems the most natural to me. That's exactly what my niece's mom was trying to do, and yes, you are right, he apparently DID change his mind about being a dad. But he changed his mind AFTER the baby was born, not before, so why should he get to just walk off with no responsibility to the child he said he wanted? Child support payments should be reserved for the people who can't work it out like normal civilized human beings.
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A 50/50 split would be ideal, but the logistics from case to case would be difficult. The truth is there is no real answer to the problem.
As for your friend...... And the father of her child..... When a man and a woman produce a child they have both a financial and moral obligation to that child, not just for the next eighteen years but until the day they die. Sometimes in cases like this it's best for the one parent to just carry on and never expect anything. If not, life will be full disappointment.