I look at it as a debt. SS burnt his britches with us last November. At the rate he is going he will either be in jail or graduating from HS at 21, he will be 18 in August and supposidly a senior(ex hasn't coughed up the report card yet even though there is a court order).

SS has yet to return any of hubby's calls and his ex is lying to other people about my hubby not paying or making an attempt to see SS. Even her family knows that's a lie. The sad thing is, some in her family respect my hubby more than they do her.

Paperwork-wise or whatever, I wouldn't call it a "debt", but more like an obligation, as utilities are. It's an ongoing cost, not something that was loaned like a debt.

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I don't know the whole situation, but I didn't mean the question responsibility wise. I just meant would you consider it a debt when listing your debt or figuring your bills or whatever. I certainly didn't mean to ruffle any feathers.

My ex did, he often made comments that he would be glad when he doesn't have that F'ing bill anymore.

Well, my DD (age 14) has a deadbeat dad in every sense of the word. He hasn't bothered to see her in years (his choice - I always encouraged him to see her - he only lives about 35 minutes away) and never wants to pay his child support. You are damned right I consider it a debt owed to me. They are FINALLY supposed to be garnishing his wages and I still haven't seen anything in months. What an ass. I hate what he's done to his own child.

PS - This was a 5 year relationship, and we lived together for 4.5 years, so not a one nighter or anything. She was 3.5 years old when we split up.