Is the child support system set up to punish non-custodial fathers

For years, men have stated that the child support system has its flaws. People are quick to label them as “dead beat dads” and swat away their complaints. YES ONLY FATHERS ARE LABEL DEAD BEAT...

It is a fact that some men are dreadful parents, but not all of them are. Sometimes, the father who’s trying to take responsibility gets milked by a system that favors women, regardless of any measures men take to provide for their children. LIKE THERE ARE NO DREADFUL MOTHERS OUT THERE

Recently, the Richmond Voice talked to Mason Roberts, a father of two who currently owes $30,000 in back child support. M:

“The courts want to keep upholding the image that people, especially African American men, don’t want to pay or take care of their kids, and that’s not it,” he said. WHICH IS NOT TRUE

“We just want fair treatment.” DAMN RIGHT!!!!

Roberts, 41, separated from his wife in 1998. He offered her three options then.

“I’ll take both the kids and you don’t have to pay any child support and you can come and get them anytime you want,” he told his wife of one year.

“Or, you take the girls and I’ll take our son,” he said in reference to a third child from his wife’s previous marriage.

And finally, he told her, “I’ll take them for the school year and you keep them on holidays and during the summer.”

But none of those options satisfied her. And from there, it was the start of a long road to an ugly child support case. WELL I WONDER WHY, BECAUSE A MOTHER WILL TELL YOU THEY ARE HER CHILDREN ONLY

After his wife was granted custody of their children, Roberts was making about $58,000 a year and his total child support payments was a little over $900 every month. YEAH, AND I BET IF THE MOTHER HAD TO PAID SHE WOULD BE PAYING NO $900 EVERY MONTH..

Roberts had no complaints. He was able to afford it so he gladly paid it.