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Originally Posted by krwlz
Meaning, say I have a kid, and the girl and I split, but every other week, I show at her house with groceries, or buy all the kids clothes, or whatever... Does that count? Or if I do that, would I still have to pay the mother a given amount?
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believe that child support must come in the form of a check to the custodial parent (mothers can pay child support to men, though men are almost never granted custody which is another discussion entirely). I think showing up with groceries and buying clothes in the eyes of the court are nice extras that you chose to do as opposed to trying to aggregate all those little things together to be the equivalent of paying a check.
Family law isn't my specialty, though, so if someone knows for certain, feel free to speak up.