Should I pay child support if my wife has a job?

Should I pay child support if my wife has a job? Suppose say that my wife and I divorce and my wife was earning the same amount as me every year. Should I pay only 50% of money for child support if I don’t get full or sole custody or 100%

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It’s different per state, I know that you are probably angry or maybe resentful with your soon to be ex-wife- but at the end of the day the health, security, and safety of your child is all that matters. Focus on that and not the actual cost. If your intention is focused on that and the child then that makes all the difference.

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Brother vs. Sister-In-Law Who Will Get Custody?

My little brother and his wife have a bad custody battle going on. There are accusations on both sides, some are true some arn’t. Proven facts: they both have ahistory of depresson and suicide attempts. They both have a history of alcohol abuse. His wife has a domestic violence conviction against him. He has a history of a bad temper and he hit his father in law and threatened to kill his friend. I am worried because I don’t want him to lose custody to his ex wife but he keeps effing up. He can’t afford to pay her child support and he does not have a job. Right now his wife has to pay him child support. Could this change? What can I do to help him?

-Concerned Brother
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Dear Concerned Brother,

There is only so much that you can do here. The actions should be coming from your brother and his wife not you. I am not sure how much you want to be involved. You could help him get clean and start going to anger management courses, and/or you could petition to take custody of the children on your brother’s behalf. But that is a MAJOR life changing decision and would also mean that you would be putting yourself in the middle of this drama. But at the same time these kids are innocent victims of the selfishness of their own parents. You can also check out Al-Anon support groups for yourself and the kids if they are old enough. Some chapters have younger children support groups.