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How to navigate unequal financial capacity in co-parenting

My ex-husband makes twice what I do but refuses to contribute more to our daughter's college fund because the divorce agreement says fifty-fifty, and I cannot afford my half without going into serious debt.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Legal fairness and practical reality diverge when former spouses have vastly different resources, putting children's futures at stake.

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