Suppose that soon after your divorce, your ex-spouse remarries and then moves several states away. Although you have done everything in your power to facilitate visitation with the two children you share, he has shown little interest in seeing them. Recently, he has also stopped paying child support.
When you attempt to talk to him about the missed payments, he becomes very defensive, saying he is not responsible for child support since he never sees the children. Additionally, he and his new wife now have two children of their own, which he also uses as an excuse to stop paying child support for your children.
Divorced parents have many issues that complicate their lives, and child support is one of those issues. Many parents who are responsible for paying child support are surprised to find that there is no correlation between whether a parent exercises his or her parenting time and child support. The courts presume that, barring any unusual situations, children are better off spending time with both parents.