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As far as putting fathers in jail for not paying child support, I don't agree with this practice where the father isn't able to pay the sums ordered. When the woman remarries or when the new father adopts the child from another marriage, he should be responsible for the financial care of that child. However I feel first-borne children should continue to take priority over children born later. Consider the fact that mothers usually get the children, and the added stress of raising them alone. We have to financially and emotionally support them whether we get child support or not. And that's if we're lucky and it comes on time. Don't be fooled, being a single parent is NOT an easy task. A single parent with children does not lead the same lifestyle as a single adult with no children to rear. The separated father no longer has the full responsibility or stress of this situation. He is free to begin new relationships and make more babies at will. And if he makes more babies I am to understand that because of his CHOICE, my children will have to go back on Food Stamps or I, the single mom, may have to go back to working two jobs to keep the lights on and clothes on their backs while my children are at home numerous hours by themselves being raised by the TV. So in essence, the kids lose BOTH parents. Sounds more like the OLD kids got coach and the NEW ones get first class. They get their daddy, their mommy and an even greater portion of financial support. Daddies, did you just throw away your old kids? Just as there is a cap on how many babies you can claim on your Earned Income Credit, there ought to be a cap on how many times the Child Support pie gets sliced everytime "Single Daddy" decides to make more babies. A wise woman has to consider how many children she has to feed before deciding on having yet another. Men ought to consider the same. If you know you can't afford to feed them, don't make more.