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I don't think he did. My mother paid child support to my father after the divorce. I think in most instances, it's simply more convenient for the mother to take
by yurishimo 5y ago
I don't think he did. My mother paid child support to my father after the divorce. I think in most instances, it's simply more convenient for the mother to take the children in a divorce, or the kids are too young to choose, so it ends that way by default. There is no rule for it though.
- beeboop 5y agoThe default way still being women that get the children doesn't really change that the dynamic that gender versus child support is not meaningfully any different than the 1920s. Women's share of child support has gone from, I assume, ~0% in 1922 (I didn't look it up but I imagine it was less than 1%) to around 5% in 2022 in terms of dollars paid. Men going from 99% to 95% of child support costs isn't really a noteworthy change and doesn't align with a prediction that it would be meaningfully different.