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Originally posted by ROSSINNI
The state of Minnesota and Wisconsin is 20% of your income for child #1 and 25% for child #2 and 30% for #3 and so on. That is state law; not my perception. We ALL know that health insurance is not cheap (the cheapest I have found is through an employer is $750 for a parent and child) and child care is NO less than $150 a WEEK for 1 child. So no, my numbers are not a specific case; they are reality.
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Can't speak for your state. In California, there is a formula based on incomes of each partner and the custody split. In my case, it was a wash. I elected to pay child support to help my ex stay in the house so were were conveniently located to each other. But I was under no obligation to do so because we have a nearly equal custody agreement and equivalent incomes.
If the wife stops working at the request of the husband to have kids, then a divorce happens, shouldn't the husband pay? I think so. If you don't want the responsibility, either have her keep working or don't have kids.