Child support laws NEED revising. We have so many double standards; a system that punishes parents who have sought out a better workplace or education and rewards parents that haven't; a system that makes a profit off of money that's supposedly "for the kids"; a system that treats obligors of child support as non-custodial parents regardless if they share custody 50% or not; etc., etc. There is no law or rule that forces a recipient parent of child support to spend the money on the children. That parent can stuff that money away and never share it with the kids if he/she chooses to. That parent can spend that money on anything they choose; new jewelry or clothing for themselves, gambling money, cigarettes. It doesn't matter. There is no law that forces the parent to spend the money ON THE CHILDREN AT ALL. Father's get no Child Tax Credit for paying child support.
The custodial parent doesn't have to claim child support on taxes because it's "unearned income." Yet, the non-custodial parent, who pays the child support, gets taxed on this money before it is taken from his paycheck.
Father's that spend a great amount of time with their children, are spending tons of money on them for food, toys and entertainment, yet they still have to pay the same amount of support.
Custodial parents can receive as much as 51% of the non-custodial parents income, even if the non-custodial parent is remarried and has additional children to provide for.
Child support payments may be based on earning potential. So, if a father loses his job, by no fault of his own and takes a lower paying job in order to work, he still pays the same amount of child support as if he was still make the higher income. In order to attempt an adjustment, the father must file for a modification. Depending on who you see, this could go in your favor, or not.

Fathers are systematically eliminated from their children’s lives. Father’s parental rights are systematically terminated by family court judges who have a deep seated gender bias against fathers. Termination of parental rights is both total and irrevocable. Termination of parental rights is the family law equivalent of the death penalty in a criminal case. The primary casualties in our Domestic Relations courts are our children.

Courts are supposed to approach cases of child custody, support payments, and visitation rights in a gender-neutral posture. It sounds fair, and it is fair. But it is a myth. Judges are not enforcing these gender laws fairly, and few seem to care. Unless you have been forcefully removed from the everyday upbringing of your child by the Court, you can not fathom the emotional distress. To discriminate against fathers because of their gender in this day and age is no different than telling a person to go to the back of the bus because of their skin color. With sole or primary custody going to the mother in roughly 90% of cases, claiming custody is not based on gender would be like claiming hiring is not based on race if 90% of a particular race, though equally qualified, was unable to obtain employment. This was missing from the Obama’s Father’s day speech. What about millions of Fathers who are MIA because of the family court system?

Anguish is experienced by hundreds of thousands of fathers across the country. Their grievances include: blocked visitation and unenforced visitation orders; “move away” spouses who use geography as a method of driving fathers out of their children’s lives; acceptance by the courts of false and/or uncorroborated accusations as a basis for denying custody or even contact between parent and child; a “win/lose” system which pits ex-spouses against one another by designating a custodial and a noncustodial parent; courts which in determining custody tilt heavily towards the parent who initiates the divorce, thus encouraging each parent to “strike first”; burdensome legal costs; and judicial preference for mothers over fathers as custodial parents..

The child’s right to equal access and opportunity with both parents, the right to be guided and nurtured by both parents, the right to have major decisions made by the application of both parents’ wisdom, judgment and experience.. The child does not forfeit these rights when the parents divorce.

Please take a moment and SIGN for Child Support Reform. You do not have to be directly involved in the Child Support System to Sign this Petition. Yet, we are all apart of the System; if someones’ U.S. Constitutional Rights are being violated, you are being violated. How much more Government interference are you able to put up with? Presently, the Children are always the losers; relationships are being ruined, thousands go to jail and thousands commit suicide each year!