# Fucking Deadbeats Not Paying Child Support

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-deadbeats-not-paying-child-support/657239>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 1, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-deadbeats-not-paying-child-support/657239 "2013-05-01T19:32:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-deadbeats-not-paying-child-support/657239/101 "2013-05-07T17:40:24Z")

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> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#):
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> I know it’s hard for people, but I’m of the opinion that in cases where the split involves exclusively young children, the child or children should go with one parent or the other. Split living arrangements do most children no good and seem to cause hard feelings between the adults.
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> Kids need consistency and boundaries, we’re always told, yet it seems that 50/50 custody is becoming more common. With split living arrangements, it’s extremely unlikely that you’ll have consistency across two different households. If the partners agreed that well, why would they split up? And adding new partners into the equations only makes disagreement and inconsistencies more likely.
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> I think the father in most cases should move on for the good of the child. If the mother remarries, it should be simpler for the stepfather to adopt. Just my opinion. Too often-- and you can see cases here, or allegations, anyway-- the child becomes a bargaining chip or another thing for embittered exes to fight over.
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> I’m a stepfather, in case you didn’t guess. If, and I’m not saying it ever does happen or has happened in my particular case, but if the birth father were to be slow in paying fail to pay support, I must make up the lack. However, my understanding is that I cannot get the tax break for that child, even if I was the only provider for some time.

Wow. This is possibly the stupidest fucking post I’ve read in my 15yrs on sdmb. Sorry your dad was such a piece of shit that you think dad’s should just leave their kids behind after a divorce. He must have really fucking sucked and been a miserable horrible father to cause you to think this way. I hope he wasn’t allowed to raise any other dipshits like you.

Omg you suck at life. I can only imagine what you are teaching your poor step child.

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**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-deadbeats-not-paying-child-support/657239/102 "2013-05-07T21:04:12Z")

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I regret my original post but it may have been worth it for just the laugh I got out of that. Thanks, Cubsfan. As a balm for your poor worried mind, I’ve been teaching my stepson algebra.

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