"What's yours is mine"
Good morning beloved! Today's scenario is an interesting one indeed. "Like to hear it? Here it go":
Ladies, you've been happily married to your loving husband for just over 5 years now. Prior to marriage you guys dated for three years. When you two met, you were the single parent of an 18 month old son. Your husband has embraced and provided for your son as if he were his own flesh and blood since very early in the courtship. Your son's biological father on the other hand, has been inconsistent at best when it comes to supporting your child. Frustrated and left with no alternatives, you initiated court ordered child-support payments. You and your husband have a joint bank account by which you manage monthly expenditures. Now that the child support payments have started to actualize, should those funds be contributed to the joint account? Why or why not?
Here's the twist. Ladies, if your spouse had to pay court ordered child support to his child's mother on a monthly basis, should those payments come out of the joint account or should your husband be left to shoulder the brunt of those payments on his own? Speak on it.... were listening.
Corey R.
4 comments:
Coming from the point of view of paying the support...and have always paid it on my own, no joint account....I say it shouldn't go into a joint account. When my kid goes without because your new wife wants a new car or better yet, pops out a couple brats of her own, my money shouldn't have to pay for that! My daughter has a very strong work ethic and has worked since she was 14....but not all her money goes to her college fund because her father makes her buy all her own clothes (socks and underwear included) and other items. What do I pay for again? Right. New house and his other 2 brats. Nice. Payments going out..that's between the 2 of you to work out, who pays what...payments coming in? Solely for the child it's intended for. Nothing else. (wow, get me going early on a Wednesday morning, I dare ya) :)
Child support coming in should go in the joint account since that's where the funds to support the child come from. Child support going out should come from the parent that owes the money. That does not preclude the new spouse from agreeing to contribute to the other kid. But, it should be his/her choice.
I agree with you Penni.
Child support coming in should go into a fund for the child. Funds going out should be decided by the couple...I would say it comes from our pot as your child is now my child...new wife and kids is just part of life.
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