-> On 01 Sep 08  14:32:32, Jeff Smith got back to Danny Ceppa    
   -> Re: More info on my cousin   
      
    JS> Back when the amount of the support was being determined it   
    JS> amazed me how it was arrived at. I know there is a formula that is used   
    JS> and I can understand that. What I couldn't understand is where they got   
      
   Personally, I think they throw the figure into the air and let it ride.     
      
    JS> I know it sounds like I am simply whining and complaining. Maybe   
    JS> to some degree that is true. But it seems that the process is flawed.   
      
   It's horrendously flawed. The system is heavily slanted in favor of the    
   custodial parent.  It doesn't even matter if the situation is    
   supposed to be joint custody.     
      
    JS> obvious flaws. The goal of child support should IMHO be to support and   
    JS> provide for the child. Is that not it's purpose? Instead it is used as   
    JS> a gift to the custodial parent to spend as they see fit. Whether the   
    JS> child actually benefits from the child support is optional and purely   
    JS> at the discression of the person receiving the support.   
      
   All to often, what is called child support ends up being a    
   windfall for the custodial parent.     
      
      
      
   ... Dads need the same rights in the family as Women in the workplace.   
   --- OMX/Blue Wave/DOS v2.30   
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