Geez. See, that makes no sense to me.
I wonder, too, if it's like a lot of things: back in the day perhaps some laws were needed to protect the children from the deadbeats...but it went way far the other way and common sense went right out the window. It's kind of like unions (see what I did thar? Unions? Union?)
Then you have alimony! WTF is alimony? You want to live in the manner to which you've become accustomed? Then get a fucking job, this isn't 1850 anymore.
I don't know. Kids aren't weapons, that's all I really know.