Situation: Kids are split evenly (50%). I make 65k, STBX makes 45k. She is remarrying a guy who makes 200k per year. My reading of this forum is that his income is completely irrelevant to the situation.
My question is as follows: If the courts are looking out for the best interests of the children, how does it help them to have child support money going from my household (65k income per year) to a household with 245k income per year?
Now, I'm not asking for support from them, I'm just trying to understand the reasoning as to how this child support that I will be expected to pay helps the children. STBX is not the "custodial" parent, we both are equal parents. We both will have the same expenses that will need to be covered.
To address the first answer that I will get: Yes, the new husband is under no obligation to support my children. However, I thought that the courts were not terribly interested in what was fair vis a vis the parents, but rather what would produce the best outcome for the children. Is my understanding wrong in that regard?
Obviously, if this marriage of hers broke down, I would be immediately expected (and would certainly) pay the full offset child support.
My question is as follows: If the courts are looking out for the best interests of the children, how does it help them to have child support money going from my household (65k income per year) to a household with 245k income per year?
Now, I'm not asking for support from them, I'm just trying to understand the reasoning as to how this child support that I will be expected to pay helps the children. STBX is not the "custodial" parent, we both are equal parents. We both will have the same expenses that will need to be covered.
To address the first answer that I will get: Yes, the new husband is under no obligation to support my children. However, I thought that the courts were not terribly interested in what was fair vis a vis the parents, but rather what would produce the best outcome for the children. Is my understanding wrong in that regard?
Obviously, if this marriage of hers broke down, I would be immediately expected (and would certainly) pay the full offset child support.
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