What is the name of your state? MS
In my state, I'm required to continue to pay CS until my child reaches the age of 21, unless otherwise emancipated by getting married, taking a job and moving out on their own, etc. If the child decides to go to college, eventhough they move to another state to do so, I'm bound to continue paying full child support, PLUS half of all college expenses. How fair is this? Nevermind that I'm not going to be able to afford $23,000 a year for tuition at the university they're looking at right now, I'll still be paying $400 a month to a household that this child isn't even living in. Plus I'm expected to pay half of dorm expenses, food, books, transporation and everything else under the sun.
My spouse is in the same situiation. Their child is a year behind mine. We have one child that lives with us. But by the time the other two get done milking us for everything we have, there'll be nothing left for the youngest. Neither of us has any control over the two oldest children's high school education. No control over scolarship applications. No control over where they choose to go to college, they can pick the most expensive instutition in the country and we're still obligated to pay no matter what. We have one year left before the wheels of this states fine court system begin to tighten the screws and we are ruined financially. Pay, Pay, Pay, Pay, Pay.
I'm all for taking responsibility for one's own children. However, if my spouse and I were still married to our former husband/wife, these children would not be attending colleges that their parents could not afford. They would have to get jobs, apply for student loans or grants, work toward scholarships while in high school. But, since they are children of divorced parents, they've been given a free ticket to be selfish. And their custodial parents have been given a bonus in the state of Mississippi by being able to keep collecting child support to supplement their "half" of college expenses.What is the name of your state?
In my state, I'm required to continue to pay CS until my child reaches the age of 21, unless otherwise emancipated by getting married, taking a job and moving out on their own, etc. If the child decides to go to college, eventhough they move to another state to do so, I'm bound to continue paying full child support, PLUS half of all college expenses. How fair is this? Nevermind that I'm not going to be able to afford $23,000 a year for tuition at the university they're looking at right now, I'll still be paying $400 a month to a household that this child isn't even living in. Plus I'm expected to pay half of dorm expenses, food, books, transporation and everything else under the sun.
My spouse is in the same situiation. Their child is a year behind mine. We have one child that lives with us. But by the time the other two get done milking us for everything we have, there'll be nothing left for the youngest. Neither of us has any control over the two oldest children's high school education. No control over scolarship applications. No control over where they choose to go to college, they can pick the most expensive instutition in the country and we're still obligated to pay no matter what. We have one year left before the wheels of this states fine court system begin to tighten the screws and we are ruined financially. Pay, Pay, Pay, Pay, Pay.
I'm all for taking responsibility for one's own children. However, if my spouse and I were still married to our former husband/wife, these children would not be attending colleges that their parents could not afford. They would have to get jobs, apply for student loans or grants, work toward scholarships while in high school. But, since they are children of divorced parents, they've been given a free ticket to be selfish. And their custodial parents have been given a bonus in the state of Mississippi by being able to keep collecting child support to supplement their "half" of college expenses.What is the name of your state?