This does show the lunacy of child support laws, its just a payoff to women for getting knocked up and has little or nothing to do with the childs well being.
I been pointing this out for decades.
Its nothing more than privatized welfare.
Recall in the 1990s when GOP supported extending these to federal enforcement as a part of welfare reform.
They couldnt wait to join feminists to punish the men.
IIRC this isn’t the first such case.
It’s an outrage.