It should be required that child support assistance is reported on how it is spent. In the state of Alabama, it is not required for the custodial parents to provide proof of how and where they spend their child support allotments. The child support installments are determined primarily based on the parent’s income received. The custodial parent can spend the child support payments they receive however they like and it is assumed that the money received is going towards the child in the case when, in all actuality, the money may or may not be going towards the child’s necessities. A card should be issued that limits a custodial parent’s spending with the child support allotment they receive just like other state assistance requires to be done, such as food stamps. In the state of Alabama, child support is determined …show more content…
Just because a non-custodial parent may make ten thousand dollars annually, in one child support case, does not mean that another parent who makes twenty thousand dollars annually should be paying more than the other non-custodial parent previously mentioned, assuming the custodial parents make the same and the children in the cases are the same age. If a child is five, there should be set payments that the custodial parent receives for the five year old. A four year old may not require as much allotment, due to not being in school, as opposed to a five year old that is starting school. It should also not be a requirement of the non-custodial parent to provide school expenses for a magnet or private school that the custodial parent choses to put their child in, especially without the non-custodial parent’s consent or knowledge. There are public schools that are free or very low in cost and if the custodial parent choses to have the higher school expenses, unless due to a medical situation, then the custodial parent should be responsible for the expenses to maintain their child in that school