Counterproductive......

It would seem that there are people who DON'T understand what the reason for child support is. It is NOT a payment for "services rendered". Although raising children is tough, I would hardly consider it to be a "job" and not only that, but the "job" doesn't end at certain hours. It is continual and constant and around the clock.
Child support is awarded to the primary custodian of the children to ensure that the children's needs can be met for the coming week or month. Lateness and excuses for the delayed payment does not help to pay the bills nor does it help to provide the children with the things that they need, as there are constantly things that children need. From school supplies and events, clothes, food, daily needs, the safe car that transports them to where they need to get to, medical payouts that aren't covered by insurance, the list goes on and on.
The problem here is that malicious intent to cause problems for the ex-counterpart doesn't really compute when the ones who are suffering are the children. Quite honestly, bringing children onto a battlefield and placing them into the line of fire? Not cool. Not malicious? Funny. When the attitude is, "Whatever... Pfft..." it's malicious. Inaction is sometimes just as bad.
I've come across quite a few people on all sides of this fence. I suppose the luckiest of the bunch are those who receive adequate child support on time. Then there's everyone else....