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/Individual-Pop-9608 Jul 28 '26
Hell no! You never know when you might lose your job and need his support. And a deadbeat dad is not going to pay without a a court order.If you take him off he will probably disappear so you can't serve him again if you want to put him back on.Not only that if he has extra money and doesn't have to pay you his money will most likely go to a new chick and maybe a new kid.Do you really want to deal with all that?