How would you feel about a law requiring parents that receive child support to supply the court with proof of how the child support money is being spent?

I would fucking love it...one reason why

my friend's sister for one, has a different father, but her mother, gets ssd and child support.

this mother is terrible and not a very good person overall, steals money, uses it for purses and intangible items that resulted in her previous dad/ guardian having to sell property and items..he wasn't watching the spending she was doing, he has long since left her since he found out.

long story short...she has spent nothing on her friend including school, health insurance, supplies and what have you, gives her over the top clothes no 13 year old should wear and so forth.

where am I going with this? this money should've been used for her food, nutrition, health care bill the guardian had to take her to the hospital because she didn't have health insurance b/c her mom let it lapse, that bill wasn't pretty.

and she spends it on under the counter drugs that she's not prescribed to, smokes, booze and what have you.

she's a good girl and is aware of what her mother does and still loves her...but man if this was regulated somewhat, she'd have at least a little bit of savings to go to college with.

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