I personally think that everyone should pay child support, for all children. Yes, everyone, even people who never met the child and never will.
totally. it’s the only way to resolve the situation. universal childcare and social support, housing, medical, etc for all. then it doesn’t matter if two people who fucked but can’t get along suck at working out a deal.
the way it’s done currently, where the courts arrest and jail some idiot for not paying his piece is just ludicrous. i don’t blame single parents for using the courts to get what’s theirs at all, but it clearly doesn’t work to benefit anyone in the equation.