<prompt> Human: Parents divorced Sept 2012 Split custody over me 20 and my brother 17 alternating weeks since then Dad had to pay child support The number I overheard was something like 4000 a month Mom has only ever worked part time minimum wage 11.40 the past almost 5 years. She says her education is too outdated and her skills not good enough for her to find anything else I am turning 21 in September and have just started working at the start of JuneDue to me getting my own job and turning 21 soon, my dad no longer wants to pay that part of the child support. This I know is 1700 a month that my mom will no longer get and is the difference for being able to pay her mortgage payments. She still owes 240,000 on the mortgageThe price of houses in her area has doubled since she bought the house in 2012 She payed 321,000. Ones on the street are going for 660,000 now If she were to sell and move, shed probably have to move at least 30 min drive away to be able to afford the houses. This is the worst case scenario for everyone. I would be forced to stay at my dads full time in order to get to my job. My brother is hoping to go to a post secondary school 14 months from now that would be ridiculous to get to if another 30 minutes were added to the commute. And probably worst of all is how my mom would feel to that. I would essentially be choosing not to help her and choosing to go live with my dad. Shes been showing some signs of loneliness recently and I fear that would ruin her.Should I sacrifice 60-70 of my income to cover that missing 1700? Should we try to find a house with our combined income? Is there another option?  <response>: Sounds like she had 5 years to develop meaningful job skills, since shes known since 2012 that her child support stops when the children are older. Having done nothing, is she expecting you to pay child support for the rest of her life? She needs to have a real budget that matches her real income, and find a better job - even if she has to get some training to do so. She cannot live off of you indirectly as minors forever. 