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Mother living off of child support

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My husband pays $500.00 a month in child support to his ex girlfriend. He has joint custody of their son, and we have him half the time. He has never missed a payment and never complained about paying. But the one complaint he does have is that she has not, in almost 3 years, once had any monetary responsibility for this child. She has never had a job, and used the excuse that she was in school full time and would look for a job, but never did. Now thatshe is out of school, she still doesn't have a job and he still basically pays her bills. At this point in their son's life, it doesn't cost $500 a month for her to support him half the time. And with no other income, there's no doubt that this is the money she uses for herself. She lives with her mom, who pays the home bills, and all that come with that. So, my question is, can she have child support taken away, or can she be in any kind of trouble for not having a job to support him herself?