Why would the children get the money in adulthood? They didn't pay for sh**t.
Well, don't children have a right to have financial support from both of their parents be spent on their welfare?The custodial parent
was supporting the child when it was a child. Likely going into a little debt to pay for it all, they deserve to be compensated for their troubles by the non-custodial parent if they are behind in their agreed payments.
Yes, I am certainly very well-aware of this. However, this appears to further make a mockery of the argument that child support is always in the "best interests of the child."
[/quote]The child's interests were already looked after, that's how they survived to be an adult. And anybody that tells you child support is all about the "best interests of the child" is full of sh**t. Often times it's punishment, and when it's not, it's just trying to be as fair as possible to the custodial parent...which is often viewed as unfair by the non-cp...whether it is or isn't. If you lived, you've heard a dozen horror stories going both ways. I've known dudes living in squalor, paying a stupid percentage of his pay to the baby mama who lived like a queen and didn't need his few hundred dollars every few weeks. I've known women who never saw a penny. I paid $527/month for almost 16 years, and to be honest, that was probably fair. His mom raised him good and he never wanted. Nebraska adulthood is at 19, so I had to pay an extra year, but again, didn't really have a problem with it (maybe a little the 19 thing).
There's certainly a difference between "should" in the moral sense and "should" in the legal sense, though.[/quote]Of course. Noncps can, and do give gifts to the kids, I sure did.
I'm not 100% sure what you're arguing here.