{"id":3562,"date":"2018-04-19T11:39:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T18:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jacksonwhitelaw.com\/arizona-family-law\/?page_id=3562"},"modified":"2022-07-07T12:52:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T19:52:24","slug":"child-support-custodial-parent-refuses-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jacksonwhitelaw.com\/arizona-family-law\/blog\/child-support-custodial-parent-refuses-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m Paying Child Support, But the Custodial Parent Refuses to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of the biggest disputes involved in child custody cases is the amount of money that one parent will pay in child support. The noncustodial parent is most often obligated to pay an amount of money that enables the parent who has custody of the child or children to care for those children and provide for their health and well-being.<\/p>\n
This has been the way that court proceedings have gone on in the United States for generations. Divorce or separation is something that occurs quite regularly, meaning that the court has had to intervene to ensure that the safety and welfare of the children is protected. This is often done through a mandate of child maintenance.<\/p>\n
One of the most frustrating aspects of child support, which more often occurs with fathers, is that they are usually the one who is required to pay child support. While they want to raise their children, this becomes frustrating when the mother of their children is refusing to work.<\/p>\n
Now, the obligation is on them to pay child support is even bigger. Because the burden for caring for the children falls completely onto them, they wind up paying a much larger amount of their salary for the care of the children, even actually taking care of the mother at the same time.<\/p>\n
Truth be told, if the mother is not working, then she has no income of her own. This means that the child support provided is actually caring for her as well. That sure seems unfair.<\/p>\n