I pay damn near $450 a month and in child support and in the 10 months before I knew for sure the kid was mine I racked up $8,000 in back support. I would be VERY careful because if she wants to be a bitch, right before your kid turns 18 she can take you for support and collect on the past 17.x years.
I think child support is a fucked up system. My kids mom makes probably twice what I do and I somehow get stuck with a huge number that no one I've talked to can figure out.
I would definitely file for support before she does. If anything you can force her to get a job. If I'm getting a paycheck, my child support comes right out of that, if not I still have to send in a money order every month or she blows up my phone asking where "her" money is. Ridiculous.
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