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"Sarah Gray" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in
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Nooooooo---of course not, Chris-------"child support is free money
paid to mothers by fathers" is not sort of sweeping generalization.

Not at all. It's a statement of FACT.



No, it is not. Child support is money paid by noncustodial parents to
support their children.

Nonsense. The proceeds can be spent ANY way the mother deems
fit.........
PERIOD!

Prove it.

Can't prove a negative. But then again, you already knew that (I think).
How
about YOU prove that she must spend it on any particular thing.

CP's have some discretion in how CS is used, which means they are not
required to spend the money on "any particular thing". But not spending the
money on the children is a valid reason to seek a variation from the CS
guideline amounts. Several states have statutes that allow the NCP to file
a motion with the court to get an accounting of how CS is spent.

Also every state that requires some kind of document be filed by the CP to
detail income and expenses prior to a CS modification has de facto CS
accounting.

The bottom line is the CP has to provide a sworn and notarized accounting of
how the household budget money is spent and how much is spent directly on
the children by expense category.