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Scenario

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.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

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

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money and parenting — financial pressure and class?”

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