[decent fellow]

Thanks Mess... sorry if I gave the appearance of overreacting... I am much more calm now.

Anyway, the $400 per month was the portion attributable to my 8-year daughter by herself (who spends 16-17 days per month with her mother). Ditto for the other expenses I mentioned below.

I was reading that certain expenses claimed by the parent (with only one child) are not really allocable to small children.... e.g Car expenses, adult recreation, "Extra income taxes", etc.

Can anybody give me some general guidance as to what types of household expenses are & are not allocable to children. And what are typical percentage allocations for those that are (specifically in a case of 1 child in shared custody with each parent). How about if one of the parents also has built a new family and now has 3 children (including the 1 in shared custody) :>)

Thanks again... by the way, this is a FANTASTIC forum... thanks to everyone who contributes... it is very helpful!