50/50 no child support, is this possible?

Me and my ex wife where divorced in January 09. We were married 7 almost 8 years and have three boys out of the marrige. At this point she has a child from an affair with a non US citizen, whom is no longer around to help raise his child. Me and my ex have 50/50 legal custody and at current on paper she gets the kids one more day a year physical custody.

As the divorce papers where drawn we agreed it would be in the best intrest for the children for neither of us to pay child support due to us bot having euquil share in caring for the children. Now she has lost her job and has been awarded $302 a month in child support, I can barely make ends meet as things where before child support. How are people getting away with not having any child support at all in a 50/50 case? That was the ideal at first because I was purchasing clothing as well as food for my children and was about to move into my own home with what was left of my pay. Now I can't affoird to move into my own place and pay my own bills as the children need me to because the State of TN has ordered me to pay her the above child support. Any suggestions and advice?

If child support is the best thing for my children with her I would be more than happy to support them, but they are with me just as much, actually more than her ( I can prove that), so why can't the TN state make her accountable for her half rather than making me accountable for her short comings of her job loss.

If one parent is caring for the children more than another that parent, despite gender, should be getting help from the other parent, but if both get the same amount of time and responsabilaty then each to their own finances.

Women and men BOTH need to wake up! Grown ups must support their children. If equal time is spent with the children on raising them and one parent,despite gender, isn't working then they should be the one to deal with their mistake(s) of job loss. Its shouldn't be the other parent's responsabilaty to suppport them, they need to grow up and work their fair share. If you can't affoird to take care of your children don't cry to the courts for suppport, go work at any job, unless you care for your child(ren) more so than the other..... Then that is a different situiation entirely...


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