My daughter lives with me she’s 18m not in daycare I’m not working and my dad pays all my bills her dad do stuff for her sometimes like if I’m being buddies with him and when I put him in his place he disappear
unless 50/50 l def go for child support. you don’t only have to use it immediately. you can make a savings account in their name or start a college fund or just in general set them up for success.
Yeah, it really doesn’t matter how much money do you or you dad make. He is the father, he is obligated to pay child support if his child doesn’t live with him.
I am still married but in my opinion there is no “reason” for filing for child support. The only way he wouldn’t be obligated to pay is if you both have 50/50 custody and the kid is 50% of the time with each of you. Otherwise he has to pay. The money is not for you, is for your children and their needs. If they live with you he is OBLIGATED to pay.