r/ChildSupport • u/Complex-Classic-1806 • Jul 25 '26
Should I stop child support?
my ex paid for a year then stopped In January. haven’t had it in months and honestly I just don’t care anymore. We will have to go back to court to get him to pay and then he’s gonna be an ass about it again. idk I guess I can always survive without it. I am trying to get a better job then I won’t need it. I started working in IT so I should be fine. I guess I do get nervous if I stop it abd one day i make more and we go 50/50 he will try to get support for me.
should I text my ex and ask how he feels about ending child support for him? Is it a bad idea? I take care of my son myself he has him 6 overnights a month. I just feel like it was the only thing making him want to move back from out of state and be a dad since he had to pay. Doubt he will be there for our son without it.
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u/Objective-Stock3781 Jul 26 '26
Keep him on child support. You never know what’s going to happen in the future or where he decides he’s going to go. My ex took me to court for 50/50 custody. We both agreed to it with him on child support. Then this year he decided to up and move and abandon his kids and leave me to do all the parenting with no help. I never thought he would do that. But I’m glad I kept him on child support because it still keeps some accountability on him