Please stop the unfair punishment of good fathers. We need child support reform now!
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Sep 19th, 2017Marsha Y. from Suitland, MD writes:
Child support should be for parents who fail to provide for their kids not for father's want to provide but the child mother is bitter because he either don't want to be in a relationship with her or she's just trying to cause problems for the father. -
Sep 19th, 2017Someone from Madison, IL signed.
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Sep 19th, 2017Quintin B. from Madison, IL signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Quintin B. from Madison, IL signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Someone from Lyons, GA writes:
i was wit my baby mother for. Yeasrs an took care of her other 2 kids treated them like mines an i caugh her wit another guy on monday an thursday i was served childsupport papers tha same week an now i send her money thru tha mail thru childsupport an she runs to SAV, GA to tha club its not fair for me to suffer trying to make a livin an all she do is leave her kids wit her dad 24-7 an run after out side dickREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 19th, 2017Someone from Henderson, KY signed.
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Sep 19th, 2017Bobby H. from Dayton, OH signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Aaron B. from Portsmouth, VA writes:
My ex lied about me not paying. When we divorced, we agreed I would pay her through a joint account we kept open. Being young, and dumb, I didn't think anybody would try to destroy someone's entire life like she did mine, especially if that anybody was the mother of my children. I'm currently two years and one month into a review of past due amount that legally wasn't supposed to go longer than six months. The amount decided was decided when I made much more money and had no other children. Now I make less, and have two other children. And the state is dragging their feet to adjust anything. Dragging their feet by a year and a half. He'll hath no fury, and I hath no future because of it.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 19th, 2017Someone from Crest Hill, IL signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Timothy P. from Ruskin, FL writes:
I agree i put my ex through college, took care of my child from day 1. Yet because we divorced I was placed on child support and was left with student loans she was suppose to pay. Even after almost being killed and losing my career I never received relief.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 19th, 2017Someone from Plains, GA signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Efrem W. from Sanford, FL signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Seantae N. from Pittsburgh, PA signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Donnelli R. from Saint Louis, MO writes:
I fully agree.There I'd do much child support & medical coming out of my check, that I can't even afford to pay my rent!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 19th, 2017James M. from Shorter, AL signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Latasha B. from Little Rock, AR signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Someone from Rutherfordton, NC signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Someone from Madison, MS signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Derrick N. from Robinsonville, MS signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Someone from Hartford, CT writes:
Honestly child support is to help the child trump is trying to take all of that away he doesn't care for anyone he always had that golden spoon in his mouth and it's not right that his making war again and is taking thing awayREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 19th, 2017Someone from Auburndale, FL writes:
I agree it's good fathers in the world and I am one I had my first son at 25 did everything for him.... We stop talking but I still did my duty I worked 5 days a week drove like 30 minutes to get him I supplied everything she would say the day care is 75 dollars I would give her $60 and not to mention I took care of her little daughter like it was mine long story short she took me to court for what reason I don't know.... Didn't listen to nothing I said automatically I was on child support.... Fast forward to 2017 I moved to Florida like 6 years ago... I get him every summer.... Why she still collect... Still buy things for school, birthday, Xmas,etc.... I love my son my dad wasn't there for me so I always told myself I would not do that to my kids...REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 19th, 2017Someone from Winter Haven, FL writes:
I agree totally! As a mother of 3 and not with the oldest 2 father and have never received a dime in child support nor have i ever filed... My belief on child support is that women or men just use it as a tool in order to hurt the other parent!! Most of the time they over charge the dads where it is so hard for them to have a life because they are paying most their checks out to child support in order to stay out of jail, then you see the mothers who have the kids walking around with nail and hair done wearing nice clothes shile that child is walking around in cheap clothes.. I also believe if that women puts a man on child support the father should automatically get visitation with that child..REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 19th, 2017Someone from Winter Haven, FL writes:
I agree totally! As a mother of 3 and not with the oldest 2 father and have never received a dime in child support nor have i ever filed... My belief on child support is that women or men just use it as a tool in order to hurt the other parent!! Most of the time they over charge the dads where it is so hard for them to have a life because they are paying most their checks out to child support in order to stay out of jail, then you see the mothers who have the kids walking around with nail and hair done wearing nice clothes shile that child is walking around in cheap clothes.. I also believe if that women puts a man on child support the father should automatically get visitation with that child..REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 19th, 2017Someone from Hickory, NC writes:
A close friend of mine has been stereotyped from the beginning. Being a black male with 3 kids automatically labeled him as a "dead beat" father. He is an absolute fantastic father that only get to see his kids when it's convenient for the mother. He pays an outrageous amount in child support and can barely survive on the money left over. The system is broken and it needs to be fixed immediately. It is not fair for the father to be punished repeatedly (court fees, lawyer fees, etc.. All he wants is to see his kids on a regular basis. It breaks my heart to see him go through this, but he continues to hold his head high for his children. Please, please..fix this. Not every father/mother should be put in the same category. Thanks!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 19th, 2017Someone from Birmingham, AL signed.
Sep 19th, 2017Ashanta L. from Bessemer, AL writes:
Well, in 2006 I lost my grandmother who had raised me since birth. It was devastating. My entire world had crumbled and I felt I had no life. I decided to send my 3 boys to their father in order to gain control of myself and get my life together. I thought this was beneficial to our children but it has turned into my worst nightmare. The boys seem to be doing well adjusting with their father and I began school at a Community College.Well, I was delivered some court papers to my home. I called their father and asked what the papers were for and he said they were for school purposes so the boys could stay enrolled in school. He had to have documentation that the boys were living with him. I naively signed them and taking his word I was giving him primary physical custody. I should've had an attorney present before I signed. Well, their father's girlfriend begin harshly whipping our children and I took their father to court to regain primary physical custody. The judge ruled in his favor and the children remained with him. I was crushed, our children were crushed. Months later, Dad decides to place me on child support out of spite and resentment from our breakup. It has been a living hell for myself and children. I never imagined someone to do this! I've missed out on so much of my children's lives that I can't make up. my only prayer is that I wake up from this nightmare and my children never have any bitterness or resentment in their heart's towards me. I've never been a bad Mom and have always cared for and taken care of my children. I just pray that my children know that I love them and have always fought for them. I no longer wanted to push the issue because my children were hurting the most. I wish the courts would see how this not only affects the neglected parent but the children the most. My life, my children's lives have not been the same since that dreadful day. I made the biggest mistake of my life when I sent my children to their father. I just only hope God and my children forgive me. Here we are today, my children's father had another baby on his fiance on the exact day he had another baby on me. He pays child support for his other children all while I pay him child support for our children. Not only is this a life lesson well learned but if I could turn back the hands of time, I most certainly would. If only....REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 18th, 2017Jane S. from Randallstown, MD writes:
Signed. The CS system is used as a tool for bad mothers to afford a simple life without commitments to staying faithful and keeping their family together.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 17th, 2017Someone from Waxahachie, TX signed.
Sep 13th, 2017Someone from Irving, TX writes:
The mother should not be able to get the fathers tax refund if he has been paying his portion nor should intrest be added if the father is doi g his part.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 6th, 2017Someone from Bismarck, ND writes:
I would like to know if this is issue is going to be taken up by the Donald Trump administration!!! This petition goes along way "To Make America Great Again!!!"REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 4th, 2017Someone from Portersville, PA signed.
Sep 1st, 2017Torina N. from Enumclaw, WA writes:
Parents who have joint custody should pay for the time when they have their children, Why should one parent pay the other when it is joint ? Why should a mother collects child support in a 50/50 custody case and can afford to purchase new cars ,peraonal habbits and luxuries etc for herself ,when the children are not benifiting with clothing ,healthy food , person hygiene products etc.. when the father can't even afford a new car , extra activities and clothing and necessities for his children. This is unfair, it's a 50/50 parenting team and the father should not have to pay anything to the mother. Each parent should pay for their own responsibilities when children are at their own homes .REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 23rd, 2017Elizabeth M. from Chula Vista, CA signed.
Aug 23rd, 2017Amberly F. from Mobile, AL writes:
I have 3 children. My oldest child has a different father than my younger two. We have never spent a day in court, split our time evenly and split finances evenly. Our son is thriving. There is no resentment or animosity between his father and I and because of that we are able to work together to do the absolute best for our son. I am married and have two children with my husband. My husband brings a child, my stepchild, to the table and it breaks my heart the Way that child has to live. She has the stereotypical bitter, angry mother who uses her child, child support and visitation (isn't that an offensive word to fathers-visitation) as a weapon. My husband has no idea what is going on in his daughter's life as his ex communicates nothing and actively tries to alienate him, such as X'ing out all the fathers info on school forms and literally running the other way if she sees us in public. But she surely doesn't mind holding him to the 920.00 child support payment a month. For one child. My husband makes 16.00 an hour. How did she get a high child support you ask? Playing the system. Their last year of marriage my husband was miserable and worked a lot to avoid the constant fights as soon as he walked in the door so when they went to court they based his child support off all the overtime he worked that year. Also mom has a Bachelor's Degree and works a minimum wage job. Also my husband sees his daughter 4 days a month. i dont know how men live like that. A woman wouldnt want that so how can they justify doing it to men? The only answer, and i mean the only answer, is theyre doing it because they want to hurt their ex. This is a very sad world we live in that women can do this to men. And for Women saying they can't afford their kids without child support...1. It's 2017 and you can work. I'm considered low income and handled my finances alone before I was married. And i did just fine. Was it a struggle sometimes? Absolutely but I never felt entitled to my exes money because I made the poor choice of not getting a career. 2.If you can't afford it, split custody evenly. Then your reducing your financial output and have more time to work. OR give dad primary custody. Bet you 9 times out of 10 dad won't ask For child support. Child support and family courts are ridiculous. They do nothing but make Women feel entitled to money that's not theirs, promote single mothers, flaunt men as disposable paychecks, breed resentment between parents and in some cases promote child abandonment, because if mom is a go better when it comes to taking your money and you don't have any to give you're going to eventually end up in jail...so you leave. It's really sad what the average woman has become. I try so hard to educate my son's on being so careful with marriage and children in the future and that's pathetic I have to do that. Used to marriage and children were an honorable pursuit...now it's become a gamble with the quality of your life and I for one don't want to see my son's lives go down the shitter because of bitter women.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 21st, 2017Someone from Albany, GA writes:
i pay about 1000 a month for 3 kids and i can't take care of my other kids r pay all my bills n i lost my car to get to work and now i have to pay someone to take me to work and my baby mama have man livein wit themREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 21st, 2017Someone from Albany, GA writes:
i pay about 1000 a month for 3 kids and i can't take care of my other kids r pay all my bills n i lost my car to get to work and now i have to pay someone to take me to work and my baby mama have man livein wit themREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 7th, 2017Jeremy C. from Allen, TX writes:
I pay $1600 a month for one child. I was never married. The $1600 a month I pay is more than the mother makes in a month. She lives rent free, but the state of Wisconsin continues punish me year over year increasing my child support.REPORT COMMENTS
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