Are you going through a divorce and have questions about child support? If so, you'll definitely want to know the answer to these concerns that are likely to come up.  Who Will Pay For Child Support? When it comes to who pays child support, you can almost always expect it to be the parent that does not have custody or the parent that spends less time with the child. This is because a parent that is with the child more is likely to spend more money on their child, and the other parent needs to pay more to make up for it.