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Both parents should be responsible for supporting their child.

In Reply to: deadbeat dads posted by stan on October 26, 1998 at 08:47:23:

: Not anyone in this country can get a job. So whoever just said that is obviously misinformed. What if you get badly injured on the job? Furthermore, it isn't so simple: deadbeat dads aren't always negelecting to pay for their children because they don't want to pay for them! In many cases, which I can completely sympathize with, a man who is seperated from his child--whose wife has taken his kids away from him--should not have to pay child support. Let him say "hello" to his daughter and to his son, let him play with them and help them learn, and then he should be obliged to pay child support.

Both parents should be responsible for supporting their child. For you to say that because a mother has taken the child to live with her the father should not be responsible for paying child support is absolutely ridiculous. I am a single mother and I took my child to a different state. Does this mean my ex shouldn't be responsible for supporting his child. Irregardless of how often a father sees his child he still has a moral and legal obligation to support his child. Not having his child with him 24/7 does not excuse him from his responsibitities. If willing he will do everything in his power to remain a part of his child's life, that includes providing for him/her.

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