€2,144 a month in child support for a son he never sees: the numbers sparking outrage
A father in Spain shows the €2,144 he pays every month for a 2.5-year-old son he barely sees. A look at the figures, the lack of oversight and the debate over support payments.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
€2,144 a month for a child he doesn't see: the breakdown of a support payment fueling debate
A father from Donostia (San Sebastián, Spain) shows in a video the €2,144 he pays each month in child support for a 2.5-year-old son who, he claims, he barely sees. The post, which has gone viral on social media over the past 48 hours, has reignited the debate over the size of child support payments and the lack of oversight over how the money is spent.
The figures in the video that don't add up
In the footage, the man counts 50-euro notes and shows them to the camera: €2,144. His argument is that a child that young cannot spend that much in a month. But several analyses have pointed out that if the father contributes €2,144, the mother is assumed to contribute a similar amount (or to do so in kind), which would bring the child's combined monthly expenses to €4,288. A figure that, for many, is still exorbitant for a 2.5-year-old, but which can legally be justified if childcare, housing, food and other costs are taken into account.
The debate over the lack of transparency in how the money is used
One recurring complaint is that the payer has no right to know exactly what the money is spent on, even though he remains the child's legal guardian. Child support is considered a right of the child, not a transfer to the mother, but in practice there is no oversight whatsoever. This situation leads many fathers to suspect the money is not being spent entirely on the child, especially when the paying parent has limited or no visitation rights.
The extreme case: suicides linked to financial pressure
The thread mentions the case of a nephew of one of the participants, who allegedly took his own life after calculating the impact of support payments on his financial future over a 15-year horizon. While there is no official data directly linking child support to male suicide, there are studies pointing to a higher risk of depression and anxiety among divorced fathers with heavy financial burdens.
Is a €2,144 support payment even possible?
According to the courts' guideline tables, a monthly payment of €2,144 requires the payer to have net income above €7,000 a month, or for it to include a compensatory pension (a temporary payment to a spouse) on top of child support. Some users estimate that, in this case, the amount could break down into roughly €1,740 in compensatory pension and €400 in child support, which would confirm the father has a high income but also that the amount will drop the trinc year, when the compensatory payment expires.
The reality is that, without knowing the exact income and the court-approved settlement agreement, there is no way to validate whether the figure is proportionate or abusive. What is clear is that the current system breeds distrust among many parents who feel fleeced and have no means of oversight.
Related discussions on the forum
A father from Donostia (San Sebastián, Spain) shows in a video the €2,144 he pays each month in child support for a 2.5-year-old son who, he claims, he barely sees. The post, which has gone viral on social media over the past 48 hours, has reignited the debate over the size of child support payments and the lack of oversight over how the money is spent.
The figures in the video that don't add up
In the footage, the man counts 50-euro notes and shows them to the camera: €2,144. His argument is that a child that young cannot spend that much in a month. But several analyses have pointed out that if the father contributes €2,144, the mother is assumed to contribute a similar amount (or to do so in kind), which would bring the child's combined monthly expenses to €4,288. A figure that, for many, is still exorbitant for a 2.5-year-old, but which can legally be justified if childcare, housing, food and other costs are taken into account.
The debate over the lack of transparency in how the money is used
One recurring complaint is that the payer has no right to know exactly what the money is spent on, even though he remains the child's legal guardian. Child support is considered a right of the child, not a transfer to the mother, but in practice there is no oversight whatsoever. This situation leads many fathers to suspect the money is not being spent entirely on the child, especially when the paying parent has limited or no visitation rights.
The extreme case: suicides linked to financial pressure
The thread mentions the case of a nephew of one of the participants, who allegedly took his own life after calculating the impact of support payments on his financial future over a 15-year horizon. While there is no official data directly linking child support to male suicide, there are studies pointing to a higher risk of depression and anxiety among divorced fathers with heavy financial burdens.
Is a €2,144 support payment even possible?
According to the courts' guideline tables, a monthly payment of €2,144 requires the payer to have net income above €7,000 a month, or for it to include a compensatory pension (a temporary payment to a spouse) on top of child support. Some users estimate that, in this case, the amount could break down into roughly €1,740 in compensatory pension and €400 in child support, which would confirm the father has a high income but also that the amount will drop the trinc year, when the compensatory payment expires.
The reality is that, without knowing the exact income and the court-approved settlement agreement, there is no way to validate whether the figure is proportionate or abusive. What is clear is that the current system breeds distrust among many parents who feel fleeced and have no means of oversight.
Related discussions on the forum
- Paris: ¿Tienes miedo? ¡Fariseo!" "Me voy a trinc a tu progenitora, fruta... Muérete, viejo, muérete." · 104 replies
- I just watched THE BEACH, the 2000 Leonardo DiCaprio movie, and the body dysmorphia social media and gym rats have driven us to is brutal · 131 replies
- Do you consider yourselves white? Have you experienced racism in white European countries because of how you look? · 540 replies
- Barcelona is no longer the capital of Catalonia · 91 replies
Summary of a discussion on Burbuja.info - Foro de economía, actualidad y política., translated from Spanish and reviewed before publication. Read the full discussion (93 replies).
More summaries
-
Pedro Sánchez: Is Spain's PM a 33rd Degree Freemason?
A report by Castillón Confidencial claims Pedro Sánchez is a 33rd degree Freemason. Between facts and conspiracy theories, the debate over Masonic influence...
-
Hungary falls❗️❗️
Forum debate on Hungary's migration policy: paradigm shift or erosion of borders? We analyze the impact and the positions on the future.
-
White men, stop harassing women: L'Oréal ad sparks boycott talk
The forum debates L'Oréal's controversial campaign and users' boycott of brands they link to social engineering and globalism.
-
El Jueves on its deathbed: from satire to propaganda pamphlet
El Jueves, Spain's historic satirical magazine, is dying amid accusations of propaganda, falling readership and reliance on public subsidies. The end of an era?
-
Socks with sandals: the generational war
Young people have normalized wearing socks with sandals, drawing criticism from boomers. But there are functional arguments and a cyclical history of fashion trends.
-
Rafa Nadal photo reveals the physical toll of 22 Grand Slams
Rafa Nadal, 39 and winner of 22 Grand Slams, shows in a photo the physical toll of his career: intestinal perforations caused by anti-inflammatories.