TxLady2
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I don't quite agree with ER being made to pay child support to MR. Ridiculous. IIRC Mark said he was saving money for Dylan's college. Some people have implied this is a lie. This is something I would like to see proven. Maybe MR was saving the child support as Dylan's college fund? I think it is important to prove Mark is lying. It is easy to call someone a liar but people are more likely to believe what is being said when provided proof.
Have we heard from Mark regarding why he didn't see Dylan much? In my opinion, it is possible MR's type of employment interfered with his relationship with Dylan. Especially if MR worked out of state and was gone for long periods at a time. Maybe time w/Dylan was only feasible during vacation time. This would have been a good question for the DP show.
In my opinion, supplying proof to some of the hearsay about MR would help put a lot of questions about Mark to rest.
It makes no sense to me that she would have to pay Mark child support if they had shared/joint custody with equal parenting time, which is what she stated on NG, IIRC. Someone who was familiar with CO laws said awhile back that child support is not based on who makes the most money. There is a scale they use to determine the amount, but basically it's given to the one who has primary custody. If both parents are given equal custody, then they don't normally make either one pay child support, no matter who makes more money.
My stepdaughter lives in CO. Her ex was ordered to pay her child support, and he had visitation rights for their two kids. However, he rarely ever paid her anything and still got to take them regularly until finally the girl flatly refused to go with him. The judge told my stepdaughter that no one could make the girl go if she didn't want to, as long as it was her decision. About two years ago, the boy who was about 12 then decided to go and live with his dad, so there is no child support period. I am pretty certain that they went through court to make it legal, she's been good about consulting attorneys when there was a conflict.