$70,000 a month in child support?(Trick please!)

[chldfknungrnd764]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...child-support/


New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards is being sued for child support by a former contestant on America's Next Top Model.

The New York Post reports that Edwards fathered a child with Nik Pace, and that Pace is now suing him for up to $70,000 a month in child support.

The Post quotes Pace's lawyer as saying Pace is bringing the suit in New York after Edwards attempted to be recognized as the father of the child in Georgia, where child support payments would likely be lower.

"Braylon is a proud father who has loved and supported his child since before he was born," Edwards' lawyer, Randy Kessler, said. "He filed in June to declare himself the legal father and she objected."

[bkny11203]

WOW. Just when I though Nas paying $44,000 a month was crazy.

[chldfknungrnd764]

WOW. Just when I though Nas paying $44,000 a month was crazy.

What a way to pad your income through a child but that's THE GAME!

[DeeCarr]

Well going in raw dawg will get yo ass a raw deal. When will enough be enough ? Why are these women entitled to so much money ? At the end of the day though he just shoulda covered up . It is what it is. Go figure

[Mocambo]

Cost of living in NYC is higher. So, you know how it goes.............Mo Money!!!!

It goes from Unmarried 'successful' black ladies to this. Are we being clowned in every medium, hurting ourselves, or both?

*I have to say 'we' because many individuals that are not black, questions me like I know Shaq, Arenas, Tiger, Chapelle, all un-wed black ladies, etc., etc*

[chldfknungrnd764]

The lawyers are getting paid!!!!!

[Moksha]

How much should somebody who earns $5 million contribute to his child? A measly 16% sounds like the least a father could do.

[The Good Reverend Rollo Goodlove]

How much should somebody who earns $5 million contribute to his child? A measly 16% sounds like the least a father could do.

And a small fraction of that money will actually go towards his child. The rest will go to designer labels and trips. Seventy thousand a month is an absurd amount of child support no matter what his income is. Is she going to contribute that amount per month? It's a payday for the mom plain and simple. It's pathetic.

[DeesKo]

How much should somebody who earns $5 million contribute to his child? A measly 16% sounds like the least a father could do.

Right?

I mean, don't get me wrong, the amount seems ridiculous, but only because the average joe considers 77k in relation to his own economic strata. Is it any more ridiculous than one man being paid $5 million to play sports?

16% is pretty damn low when you look at fathers on the lower end of the economic scale who are responsible for shelling out 30+ percent of the little bit they get each month.

What would be reasonable, to have this guy living in a mansion, driving around in $100k cars, wearing $5k suits and building up a massive portfolio of investments while his kid lives in a 2 bedroom apartment on Fordham Road going to public school and just being happy that his Mom can afford a trip to Ikea to get him a bed and a fiberboard jigsaw puzzle for a dresser?

Of all the responsible fathers working two full time jobs, busting their asses living in a shitty apartment in a shitty neighborhood, dealing with a legal system just waiting for him to fuck up, wearing the same clothes for 3 or 4 years at a time and staying broke trying to do right by their children, this guy is the very last one on the list who deserves any sympathy IMO.

Peace

[SuzanneT]

Right?

I mean, don't get me wrong, the amount seems ridiculous, but only because the average joe considers 77k in relation to his own economic strata. Is it any more ridiculous than one man being paid $5 million to play sports?

16% is pretty damn low when you look at fathers on the lower end of the economic scale who are responsible for shelling out 30+ percent of the little bit they get each month.

What would be reasonable, to have this guy living in a mansion, driving around in $100k cars, wearing $5k suits and building up a massive portfolio of investments while his kid lives in a 2 bedroom apartment on Fordham Road going to public school and just being happy that his Mom can afford a trip to Ikea to get him a bed and a fiberboard jigsaw puzzle for a dresser?

Of all the responsible fathers working two full time jobs, busting their asses living in a shitty apartment in a shitty neighborhood, dealing with a legal system just waiting for him to fuck up, wearing the same clothes for 3 or 4 years at a time and staying broke trying to do right by their children, this guy is the very last one on the list who deserves any sympathy IMO.

Peace

Well said.

[DeesKo]

And a small fraction of that money will actually go towards his child. The rest will go to designer labels and trips.

In which case he could petition the court for custody citing the mother's inappropriate use of funds leading to an unsatisfactory quality of life for the child.

Seventy thousand a month is an absurd amount of child support no matter what his income is.

Not if you think about in terms of what type of lifestyle would the child have if they were married and living together?

When you factor in the home they would be living in, the education he would be privy too, the entertainment they would participant in, the schools he would attend, the childcare he would be privy too, the clothes etc the kid would have etc etc etc.

He would be living the lifestyle of a child with a multimillionaire father, and he is his kid so he should be entitled to the lifestyle inherent in what his parents earn regardless of whether they're still together or not.

More importantly, if you have kids, isn't one of your sole purposes in life to provide everything you can for your kid? Don't you work day and night busting your ass to better your economic situation to provide first and foremost for your kid(s)?

Peace

[The Good Reverend Rollo Goodlove]

Right?

I mean, don't get me wrong, the amount seems ridiculous, but only because the average joe considers 77k in relation to his own economic strata. Is it any more ridiculous than one man being paid $5 million to play sports?

16% is pretty damn low when you look at fathers on the lower end of the economic scale who are responsible for shelling out 30+ percent of the little bit they get each month.

What would be reasonable, to have this guy living in a mansion, driving around in $100k cars, wearing $5k suits and building up a massive portfolio of investments while his kid lives in a 2 bedroom apartment on Fordham Road going to public school and just being happy that his Mom can afford a trip to Ikea to get him a bed and a fiberboard jigsaw puzzle for a dresser?

Of all the responsible fathers working two full time jobs, busting their asses living in a shitty apartment in a shitty neighborhood, dealing with a legal system just waiting for him to fuck up, wearing the same clothes for 3 or 4 years at a time and staying broke trying to do right by their children, this guy is the very last one on the list who deserves any sympathy IMO.

Peace

I feel what you are saying. I still find it absurd as only a fraction of that money will actually be used for the child. I have no sympathy for him cause he will be ok. He makes plenty of money.

[The Good Reverend Rollo Goodlove]

In which case he could petition the court for custody citing the mother's inappropriate use of funds leading to an unsatisfactory quality of life for the child.



Not if you think about in terms of what type of lifestyle would the child have if they were married and living together?

When you factor in the home they would be living in, the education he would be privy too, the entertainment they would participant in, the schools he would attend, the childcare he would be privy too, the clothes etc the kid would have etc etc etc.

He would be living the lifestyle of a child with a multimillionaire father, and he is his kid so he should be entitled to the lifestyle inherent in what his parents earn regardless of whether they're still together or not.

More importantly, if you have kids, isn't one of your sole purposes in life to provide everything you can for your kid? Don't you work day and night busting your ass to better your economic situation to provide first and foremost for your kid(s)?

Peace

For your kid? Absolutely. For the kids mom (who ain't my wife or girl)? Nah.

[DeesKo]

For your kid? Absolutely. For the kids mom (who ain't my wife or girl)? Nah.

I feel you, but the problem is, he put himself in a position where in order to provide that for his kid, he has to provide that for the mother as well since she's the legal guardian.

That doesn't make her a trick, it makes him a fool for having a kid with someone he couldn't be with for the rest of his life.

OR

You go to court and fight to have full custody of your child and all of that is out the window but we're not hearing about him fighting for custody are we?

Peace

[SuzanneT]

I feel what you are saying. I still find it absurd as only a fraction of that money will actually be used for the child.

How do you know this with such certainty? Does this woman have a reputation for spending large amounts of money?

[The Good Reverend Rollo Goodlove]

I feel you, but the problem is, he put himself in a position where in order to provide that for his kid, he has to provide that for the mother as well since she's the legal guardian.

Like I said payday for her.

[The Good Reverend Rollo Goodlove]

How do you know this with such certainty? Does this woman have a reputation for spending large amounts of money?

Cause I didn't just fall of a turnip truck.

[Rudy Jordan]

I feel you, but the problem is, he put himself in a position where in order to provide that for his kid, he has to provide that for the mother as well since she's the legal guardian.

That doesn't make her a trick, it makes him a fool for having a kid with someone he couldn't be with for the rest of his life.

OR

You go to court and fight to have full custody of your child and all of that is out the window but we're not hearing about him fighting for custody are we?

Peace

This.

[DeesKo]

How do you know this with such certainty? Does this woman have a reputation for spending large amounts of money?

While I despise the general attitude men have towards child support, and the predisposition men have towards thinking child support goes to funding the mother's trips to the salon...

You have to admit, in a situation like this, the mother does end up entitled to a pretty decent lifestyle IN CERTAIN ASPECTS by virtue of being the child's legal guardian.

If we're justifying part of the 77G's by saying the child is entitled to living in a home worthy of a parent being a multimillionaire, she gets to live in a home worthy of a multimillionaire. If we're justifying part of the 77G's by saying the child is privy to entertainment worthy of a multimillionaire the mother gets to partake in the same entertainment as the guardian. If we're justifying 77G's by saying the child is entitled to riding in cars appropriate to being the child of a multimillionaire, she gets to drive the multimillionaire's car as his legal guardian, etc.

Now, this doesn't change that IMO, he has NOTHING to complain about, but lets not be blind to both sides of the equation either.

[bkny11203]

While I despise the general attitude men have towards child support, and the predisposition men have towards thinking child support goes to funding the mother's trips to the salon...

You have to admit, in a situation like this, the mother does end up entitled to a pretty decent lifestyle IN CERTAIN ASPECTS by virtue of being the child's legal guardian.

If we're justifying part of the 77G's by saying the child is entitled to living in a home worthy of a parent being a multimillionaire, she gets to live in a home worthy of a multimillionaire. If we're justifying part of the 77G's by saying the child is privy to entertainment worthy of a multimillionaire the mother gets to partake in the same entertainment as the guardian. If we're justifying 77G's by saying the child is entitled to riding in cars appropriate to being the child of a multimillionaire, she gets to drive the multimillionaire's car as his legal guardian, etc.

Now, this doesn't change that IMO, he has NOTHING to complain about, but lets not be blind to both sides of the equation either.

[SIPA46]

it's a joke

[kaaos]

should go into a trust fund

[SoundScience]

How do you know this with such certainty? Does this woman have a reputation for spending large amounts of money?

She has come to the conclusion that she needs $77,000 a month in HELP to raise the the child.

thats over 2 G's per day...

[DeesKo]

should go into a trust fund

Why?

If the parents were married would they be living in a 2 bedroom walk up with no A/C above a chinese takeout in the middle of Jamaica, Queens going to a public school and wearing hand-me downs from his older cousin so they could put away a trust fund for him ?

No, so again, just because the parents aren't married, the father (who is a multimillionaire and who hasn't reached the end of his revenue generating years) should be living a lifestyle comparable to his income while his child should be happy living according to the minimum standards set by the state of NY?

Besides @ his income level, a trust fund should be in place in addition to his child support obligations. I'm jes sayin, I know dudes shelling out 35% of their penny ante salary who are still able to set aside some cash each payday in a state tuition fund.

[Steven Stewart]