Anti - Child Support

Question: Write an essay on Anti - Child Support? Answer: People outside the child support system generally feel that the parent is not and cant support the child because of which it is far beyond the truth. Most of the people are also under the impression that the system is for children. Most of the people are not aware that the custodian parents are strongly persuaded that they are forced to enter the system and initiate the payments for their welfare. Most of the countries have various welfare schemes for children and families support however when it is the turn for the parents to take care of the children and fund for their upbringing this takes a different turn (Currie, C., et al 2009). There are various child support schemes like child support allowance, child support prisons, child support problem and child support ruining. All these schemes are funded and they are allocated funds by the Government. This depends on the court and the type of cases filed against one of the parents in some cases. Child support is violates a fathers constitutional rights. In most of the States the child support system is based on the percentage of a Fathers income and not on the actual needs or requirements of the childs survival (Forster, M., and D. Richardson 2011). This is mostly termed by most of the victimized fathers that this amount is enjoyed by the mothers and not all of it goes for the upbringing of the children. This type of a system is called as back door alimony by most of the fathers. Not all the child support systems as the name suggests are genuine and most of the corrupt courts would impute the Fathers income. The corrective measure which is required in this case is that instead of calculating the amount a child has to receive based on the Fathers income the courts generally try and imagine as to what is the earning potential of the Father which is an incorrect measure to even rely on. Child support system was started in 1970 as an anti - poverty scheme to lift the children from poverty and recent reports show that most of the families has incomes which were less than the poverty threshold. It has been proven in various cases that the amounts which are fixed have no connection in reality and they are levied unnecessarily. In most of the cases the child support income exceeds the total income of the father as well. The mothers income is not considered at all while calculating the child support income in all of the cases. Another lay factor which can hurt the paying parent is that the custodian parent is no obligation to explain to the court or the paying parent as to how the money is spent. This is one of the ways in which the mothers exploit the genuine fathers to draw money out of them. This has also given rise to cases where the mothers dont pay for the childs benefit and in some cases they might even be dressed in rags. The other shocking registry which has to be noted is that the fathers end up paying thousands of dollars for the childs benefit and they dont even get to claim that the child is a dependent during the taxation time. The fathers pay tax on the child support money. It is not considered as a pre tax amount. The mothers on the other hand have a second tax free income to use whenever they want to. The law has been framed in such a way in some states the child support income does not cover the father visiting expenses as well. If the child visits the father during summer and does not stay with the mother during this period even then the child support has to be paid (EC (European Commission) 2012). In some of the cases the child support gets paid by the father twice during the year. The main catch to this case is also that if the father remarries and if the new wife is also working then the child support fee which has to be paid increases by the court. Argument 1 This is one of the most genuine cases where the father s feel exploited where they dont get to get the care and trust on the law. Unreasonable sanctions are levied on the Fathers who are even unable to pay. They are labelled as deadbeat fathers who have their wages garnished, their property liened, their licenses like the drivers license revoked and in some cases they might even be sent to prison for a set period of time. This has to be viewed in such a way in this case as this is not a debt which one of the parents owes to someone they are supporting the child and this is totally unconstitutional. Argument 2 The same anti child support system can be true in terms of the feminist cases as well. There is a lot of gender bias which happens in this case. The child support system should be implemented like any other welfare scheme which does not attract much of criticism from any of the sources. In most of the cases we have seen it has been encountered that the child support system has been in the implementing stage by the government through various schemes and welfare systems however in the current systems the case has been slightly different. References Currie, C., et al Social Determinants of the Health and Well-being of Young People: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study: International Report from the 2009/10 2012. Survey. World Health Organisation: Regional Office for Europe: Copenhagen. EC (European Commission). Child Poverty and Child Well-being in Europe: Current Status and the Way Forward. 2012. European Commission, Brussels. Forster, M., and D. Richardson. Reduction de la Pauvrete des Enfants : Comparaisons Internationales. Forthcoming. 2011. 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