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Previous research on the needs of diverse families has focused on legislation and its functionality in diverse families. In addition, everyday conflicts have been studied in general from the perspective of families with children, without giving special attention to the diversity of families. The purpose of this study is to map the experiences of diverse families about the support they receive and thus highlight the special needs of families who are not included in the family norm in a support system that draws from a nuclear family approach. The study examines the social support received by diverse families in relation to their everyday experiences. The data is examined to find the conflict situations that diverse families experience due to the support they receive or being excluded from support in their everyday lives. Support refers to both financial benefits and other societal support received by families. The context of the study is in the families' own everyday experiences. The research has been carried out by means of qualitative content analysis and is based on the phenomenographic research tradition. The data has been formed from the answers of a questionnaire “How far does your money go?” carried out by the Diverse Families network. The answers used to form the data were from these questions: 1) "If you could change a mean of support or benefit to better suit the situation of your family or household, what would it be and how would you change it? If you wish, you can mention more than one mean of support or benefit” and 2) "If your children live in two or more different homes, have you noticed any shortcomings in the support or benefit systems concerning this situation? If so, what?" 285 respondents had answered either one or both questions. The formed data were analyzed in a theory-driven manner. As a result, the study highlights a fault: there are diverse families that receive societal sup-port that does not meet the needs they experience. Conflicts arise mainly because the family's situation is not comprehensively mapped out. Families experience that their needs are not listened to or understood in the support process, which is perceived as fragmented and does not take diversity into consideration. The study shows that diverse families should be supported and studied primarily from an intersectional perspective.