Legal Question in Family Law in North Carolina

If he is not good with money and he is relying on his expenses to make a difference - he most likely can not successfully defend himself against the 'lunatic' mother who expects child support to be paid. Income amount is more important than expenses. He will be required to pay the amount determined by child support guidelines based on his income and mother's income. Some expenses are taken into consideration, for example if he is paying child support for another child but for the most part he is expected to pay the guidelines and if his current expenses prevent that he is required to trim the expenses not the child support amount. So basically, he's just gonna have to give up some stuff. For example if he smokes - stop - there's usually $100 bucks or more a month right there.