Latinoman said:
Child support is NOT supposed to be used for boarding of boyfriend/husband. It is supposed to be used to contribute toward the children expenses.
You are correct but thats not the way it ends up. In the state I live the men pay x amount of dollars to the court every week then a check is issued to the parent with custody of the child.
They have no idea how it is spent nor do they care as long as it is paid.
This guy would never have to pay support for the other 4 children. Even if they got married the women would still recieve the payments each week. It
COULD be adjusted if the men took her back to court and showed she had more income coming in. Even if they divorced he would only pay on his child.
These are the laws in my state they might vary from state to state.
I have never heard of an organization checking to see how the child support money is being spent. They dont care as long as it is paid weekly to the mom.
What I meant by abandon, is start a life as if this didn't happen but pay the child support for the child which is based off his income. If he is interested in being part of the childs life he does have rights for visitation. There is no law requiring him to marry this women........but......................as I stated in #3 he could start a different type life if the women is willing and use the support from the other 4 kids to help the family survive.
He is in a big mess but its not going away. He needs some options as in what to do and not women at the moment.