Parents often take the approach of "only the best for my child", which can mess up the numbers in a hurry.

I am paying for my child's college to become a Mechanical Engineer too and am financially free. 

Also I am assuming that you did your due diligence and there are no federal IRS tax liens, child-support liens, hospital liens.

Rental amount $1175/month with $1000 depositClients Financials : Husband - $2500/month before taxWife - $355/month in child support. 

does every child have access to the same calibur of education, transportation; does their family have the means to provide those things?

Which is really the same thing that the christians will tell you in that the Bible tells them of the creation and God and Jesus, but they do not yet understand everything.The Bible speaks of the creation of man not child.

We escaped CA in 81 and moved there with 5 kids under 11 for the same reasons- escape Ca, girls had horses and ponies, boys had motorcycles, completely self-sufficient and clean air.Our final child was born in Cottage Grove in 84.

I also check with the local county courts for pending litigation(future child support payments), and I google their names to look for any drama.

I can't tell you how mad I got while putting myself and my husband through school (spending 10's of thousands of dollars from out own pockets) just to find out the girl next to me is getting everything paid for her, plus transportation, plus child care, all because she had a child, couldn't support him/her herself, and to top it off, got mostly D's in the classes.

Alimony and child support have to be verified as income when counted in the qualifying.