Current Events > Kelly Clarkson has to spend almost $200k a month in spousal & child support

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https://mobile.twitter.com/people/status/1420214441451397120

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goes both ways i guess

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Between her and Doc Dre. Sheesh

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Since he been gone

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Dre has to pay his ex 3.5MIL forever

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There really should be a cap on things like this.

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Legato-and-Vash posted...

There really should be a cap on things like this.

Its based on their prior living situation. They are wealthy and live a luxury lifestyle so he gets support based on that.

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Guess that explains why she started doing a talk show. Gotta get that child support.

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The government needs to fix this shit for real.

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SK8T3R215 posted...

Its based on their prior living situation. They are wealthy and live a luxury lifestyle so he gets support based on that.

should someone be owed that kinda lifestyle, though?

if she paid $200k a year instead, for example, that's still more money than most people can dream of.

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200k a month is ridiculous when most people dont make that much in a year

g0ldie posted...

should someone be owed that kinda lifestyle, though?

if she paid $200k a year instead, for example, that's still more money than most people can dream of.

I think alimony should have some sort of upper limit. I understand its purpose, but even that cap has got to be judgment based as opposed to a hard rule. But overall I don't think someone is entitled to a particularly affluent living just because they were once married to a rich person.

Child support is different. I would argue that the child absolutely deserves to be owed the kind of financial life their parents live. So if they are living with the non-wealthy parent, child support should be fairly high for the wealthy parent.

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I support this as I have for the reverse situation. While Kelly Clarkson makes a lot of money, theres no saying in what ways her spouse contributed in order to help support her and her earnings.

g0ldie posted...

https://mobile.twitter.com/people/status/1420214441451397120

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I would be livid.

How much is child support and how much is spousal?

I feel the exact same way I do when I see a guy having to pay his ex-wife absorbent amounts of money a month.

FUCK that.

Give them a reasonable amount of money to get back on their feet and move on. Fuck your lifestyle or whatever it is you think youre entitled to. Predatory gold digger behavior.

When a bitch (male or female) is fighting for this kind of money you know thats all the relationship was ever about for them from the start.

Compsognathus posted...

I think alimony should have some sort of upper limit. I understand its purpose, but even that cap has got to be judgment based as opposed to a hard rule. But overall I don't think someone is entitled to a particularly affluent living just because they were once married to a rich person.

Child support is different. I would argue that the child absolutely deserves to be owed the kind of financial life their parents live. So if they are living with the non-wealthy parent, child support should be fairly high for the wealthy parent.

That's fair but then consideration should then be given for the custodial duties as well. If you're expected to pay more in child support weighed against your income, that should also factor into how much parental right you have.

Plus that also assumes child support gets used to better the child's life. Remember that you're paying your ex who is then supposed to use it for it's intended purpose. Abusing child support payments isn't unheard of.

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Lucky dude

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Thats so stupid. That man nor their kid need 200k a month to survive comfortably.

This is just making people pay more because they canwhich sounds like a terrible argument to me not sure how it holds up in court.

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SSJPurple posted...

survive comfortably.

The kid deserve to live a wealthy lifestyle tho like the mom

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Ratchetrockon posted...

The kid deserve to live a wealthy lifestyle tho like the mom

Umno. The kid will get to enjoy their moms money when theyre with her.

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SSJPurple posted...

Umno. The kid will get to enjoy their moms money when theyre with her.

Honestly, thats why spousal support when kids are involved is a good thing.

Amazing we still allow this.

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BurmesePenguin posted...

Honestly, thats why spousal support when kids are involved is a good thing.

im not saying she shouldnt pay anything, its just 200k a month is so overkill.

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Good for him.

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It sounds perfectly fine to me.

Get that bag king

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Veggeta_MAX posted...

The government needs to fix this shit for real.

It really doesn't need to fix something that impacts 0.001% of americans.
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Wish I got that.

The problem I have with such a high amount of child support payments is it's ripe for abuse.

You could probably spend $20,000 per month of that and give a child a great life (I think any good family would kill for $20,000 a month that does nothing but fund raising their children) but the other 90% ends up turning into a slosh fund. It's too tempting to start spending that sort of money on personal extravagances that add nothing to being a parent.

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something that I don't like about this whole "maintaining a person's lifestyle" thing is that it pretty much ensures only rich/well off people will have any kinda meaningful quality of life, and it's pretty much up in the air for everyone else

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g0ldie posted...

something that I don't like about this whole "maintaining a person's lifestyle" thing is that it pretty much ensures only rich/well off people will have any kinda meaningful quality of life, and it's pretty much up in the air for everyone else

The thing is most child support guidelines do not account for upper class levels of income. At that point, it is entirely judicial discretion because of how assets/income are not as straightforward as in middle and lower class situations.

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Cleo_II posted...

I support this as I have for the reverse situation. While Kelly Clarkson makes a lot of money, theres no saying in what ways her spouse contributed in order to help support her and her earnings.

This. There's a lot of nuance to these cases that isn't covered in the news articles and which CE can't possibly wrap its head around without knowing a lot more details. And the "there needs to be a cap" people can never give a good reason beyond them just personally thinking someone doesn't deserve the money

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ThePieReborn posted...

The thing is most child support guidelines do not account for upper class levels of income. At that point, it is entirely judicial discretion because of how assets/income are not as straightforward as in middle and lower class situations.

That, and most lower to middle income families do not have a sole breadwinner

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BurmesePenguin posted...

It sounds perfectly fine to me.

justaguy3492 posted...

Get that bag king

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ThePieReborn posted...

The thing is most child support guidelines do not account for upper class levels of income. At that point, it is entirely judicial discretion because of how assets/income are not as straightforward as in middle and lower class situations.

eston posted...

That, and most lower to middle income families do not have a sole breadwinner

these posts make sense

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