The child support is not high for raising two kids in California. And child support can go towards a lot of things that would be considered taking care of your children. People don't get to dictate to mothers or fathers, if they are getting child support, where every penny goes. Right now she has full custody. Food, clothes for growing children, shoes, after-school activities, going to movies or other activities her children do with friends, on and on. No matter what a piece of crap she is, while those kids are in her care she should be receiving child support, and $3,000 seems appropriate. Ten thousand dollars a month total seems fair until they get to court. No one can say he isn't taking care of his children and leaving them without a roof over their heads right now.
It's really not covering all of her monthly living expenses after you deduct her high rent and electric bill, possible water bill, and cell phone. A monthly food bill for a family of three is not cheap, plus a doggy. Add in car insurance, gas, and possible repairs, and health insurance for Alice, and all of her shopping for herself: toiletries, all of her online clothes, hair appointments I guess that's why ToneAlice is pissed. She wanted to be completely paid for, not have to earn a penny and stay on her fat ass. So does she have money squirreled away? Has she had even one request for a cameo since she started begging for them again? What the hell is she doing?
To be honest when I started to think of after school activities etc (not that we've seen any evidenceof this) I did start to think that maybe its not a lot of money, based on the fact she has technically 100% custody.
I don't have kids, so I was just basing it on what I had as a kid, which was a looooong time ago!
That being said, I know people that are working, and after paying their bills don't have 1500 quid all to themselves each month.
Thing is mAlice is in control of that money, so I hope that she has to keep evidence of what she is spending it on, because I bet they won't see a dollar of that personally! I didn't, my dad paid child support (even when my relationship broke down with him) and I never saw a penny of it, all the clothing, or going out with mates, cinema etc, came from the money I earned.
I know that my mum was struggling with money, but she didn't want to work either, she did in the end, but I'd left home by that time. It was me working at 17, and paying the mortgage. This being said, I do forgive my mum, because as I've got older and understood how hard life can be (my dad was a
bleep). She has been there more for me as an adult, and I take her advice a lot more now then I ever did!
P.s I was no angel I'm my teens or 20s, and neither was my sister, however we both learned from our parents divorce and both have always been financially independent, apart from when I'd favour partying over food etc, but that was another lifetime ago!
Also back in the 80s, you could live off one income, and mum's were mums and ran the household, did the cleaning, cooking, shopping etc.
Sorry went off on a total tangent there