Unfair child support laws
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Dec 5th, 2013Someone from Carbonado, WA signed.
Dec 5th, 2013Someone from Carbonado, WA signed.
Dec 4th, 2013Someone from Sacramento, CA writes:
Separated wife purposely gets fired from her job by calling in sick several times and being continuously tardy to work. And she has received several warnings from her employer prior to getting fired. Once she got fired she went and got on cash aid and now the courts is coming after me for child support. We stay in 2 different apartments in the same complex, but i provide the 2 bedroom so my son can have his own room, while she got a one bedroom. This supposed to be a mutual agreement 50/50 split. Oh did I mention the reason we are living like this is because she has been unfaithful and she is basically upset at me for finding out and getting upset, without violence of course. I go to work on time every day to do my share. Just seems way too unfair that one parent can just not work and make the other parent go thru the burden of support. The laws is very biased towards fathers who are actually trying.Dec 4th, 2013Someone from Walkerville, MI signed.
Dec 4th, 2013Someone from Upper Darby, PA signed.
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Dec 3rd, 2013Someone from Fontana, CA writes:
I also wish there was something that could be done about the unfair child support laws. My ex left me because she said she still wanted to party. "really" and i'm the one paying for it. $245 a week ($980 a month) plus insurance ($78 also weekly) total $1292. take home $319 weekly. I have a current wife and kids been married 6 years now, wife lost job, now were back on the hole. living of can foods just making rent. late but God does help. ex doesn't work, but she does drive a nice car, nice iphone5s, and always drinking and driving. told judge and guess what happen. she told him i got a raise, now i'm paying 30 dollars more. for the past 12 years i been in child support my life style's been. rent room,$1 dollar burgers and 99cent can goods or ministry help. i'm 35 and me and wife are tired. I pray to god and say sorry for dragging my wife and kids to this life style. please lets change this. I'm an American and I'M NOT LIVING AN AMERICAN DREAM..REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 3rd, 2013Someone from Clinton Township, MI signed.
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Dec 3rd, 2013Someone from La Crosse, WI signed.
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Dec 2nd, 2013Someone from Tampa, FL signed.
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Dec 1st, 2013Someone from Chesterfield, VA writes:
I have fought for 2 and a half years to get full legal and physical custody of my children (4/6) due to my ex wife being with a man that beat her half to death IN FRONT OF MY CHILDREN then 6 months later married and got pregnant by him. i got custody for 6 months after that but lost it because they say my hours are not conducive to being a good father even though i get paid an excellent rate and get veterans benefits and am more than able to provide for my children all theyre concerned about is my hours which cannot be changed (i have tried for over a year) and good luck finding a decent paying job out there. Now my ex's husband is locked up and she has started bringing another wannabe thug around my kids even after being ordered in court 4 times not too! NOTHING HAPPENS EVEN THO SHE HAS BEEN IN CONTEMPT OF COURT 4 TIMES AND STOLE OVER 60,000 DOLLARS IN TRICARE INSURANCE FROM ME TO HAVE HER NEW HUSBANDS CHILD!!!! None of that has been taken into account it seems! I have my children literally half and half with her and still have to pay $16,000 a year when she makes 40,000 and i make 50,000!! Oh and she keeps lying about her income but the courts refuse to ask her for proof of her income!! She moves them from place to place without even asking me even though i have joint legal custody...she puts them in the most expensive daycares possible because she convinced the judge that i should have to pay 70% of daycare fees ON TOP OF CHILD SUPPORT!!! so she pays very very little for any of the care of my children and has PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN that she is completely and utterly incapable of providing a wholesome environment for my children (she lives in a 900 sq ft house on a major highway and no yard and i have a 2000 sq ft house in a HOA neighborhood with a less than 1% crime rate with a playground, pool, sidewalks and cul de sacs for bike riding) and yet my hours mean more to the court than my ex wifes incapability to keep my children safe! she puts them in short sleeve shirts and jackets with no zippers in 20 degree weather regularly!! My mom and i had to spend $250 in clothes and shoes and give it all to my ex just so my children would have decent clothes to wear! My oldest had a pair of boots that had the sole half off of the shoe!!! and she let her go to school with them on?!?!?! and this is only the tip of the iceberg with my situation! I have NEVER missed a child support check and have NEVER gone against a court order and yet i am being constantly punished just for wanting to keep my children safe!!! She even filed a court appearance order ON MY BIRTHDAY i have to go to court because on my days off, while my ex is at work, i pick up my children from daycare and spend the day with them, and she is claiming that i am breaking the court order even tho they are returned to my ex wifes house at or even before she even gets home!! I HAVE BEEN LIED TO, CHEATED ON, SCREWED OVER AND PUNISHED JUST BECAUSE I AM TRYING TO GUARANTEE THE SAFREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 1st, 2013Someone from Pottstown, PA writes:
I also wish there was something that could be done about the unfair child support laws. My ex chose to leave me for another woman and because of my hours I cant get custody of my son. I pay around $800 a month which includes covering my son on my insurance. How is a person supposed to make ends meet. It is so unfair what child costs that much to take care of. I understand the fact that I should be paying for taking care of my son since I cant. But just to live and have a roof over my head I have no extra money to do anything and meanwhile my ex is going on vacations and buying everything under the sun and my son asks me to get him things and doesnt understand why I cant afford to buy games and stuff for him. And it breaks my heart because then he thinks I dont care about him. And if I were to go out and make extra money my ex would get more. The other thing that is not fair is if I work overtime it gets added in the amount they calculate for support when the overtime is not guarranteed. It should go based on base salary not overtime.included. Please there has to be some kind of justice somewhere for us. And we get treated like scum they will look for us if we get a job but they wont do anything if the payee gets a job and doesnt report it. I just want to pay a fair amount and and be able to survive. while my ex continues to do nothing. Please helpREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 1st, 2013Someone from Kaneohe, HI signed.
Nov 30th, 2013Someone from Schertz, TX signed.
Nov 30th, 2013Someone from Brooklyn, NY signed.
Nov 30th, 2013Someone from Whitestone, NY writes:
I absolutely agree with the above statement. There is no reason why the mother cannot go out and get some type of employment to help out with the support. They have to realize that the fathers are now required to support 2 separate households. One being the home where the ex-wife lives with the children (children only part time) and the second where the father must reside with the children, also. this is totally unfair to the fathers of the children. Both entered into this situation as equal partners and both should be financially responsible parties. Not just the father.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 29th, 2013Someone from Elmont, NY signed.
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Nov 29th, 2013Someone from Alba, TX writes:
With monthly income rounding out to be -$400, thats right NEGATIVE, i fear for many things. 1. my fiance going to jail because he cant pay child support 2. that i wont be able to have a baby of my own because we will never be able to afford to start our family 3. i fear living on the cold streets, being hungry. Honestly Im scared. Hes trying so hard but nobody cares that they are trying to drain him out of more than he makes working 7 days a week. What if we're in debt so long that we cant afford to have a baby? Will i ever get to be a mom myself? How is this fair to him? To me? We live off $40 every two weeks, still not pay all our bills, and thats all about to decrease by $400 in dec.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 28th, 2013Someone from Niles, OH signed.
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Nov 27th, 2013Someone from Kennesaw, GA writes:
My ex gets 1400 a month from me and just had another baby. To her its a raise as the other father now pays based of his income. The goverment also paid for the new baby and will increase the amount of food stamps. If she has a few more she can secure her income to retirement.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 27th, 2013Someone from Toledo, OH writes:
This is exceptionally true in cases of joint custody where each patent has the kids an equal amount of time.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 25th, 2013Someone from Lake Charles, LA signed.
Nov 25th, 2013Someone from Chippewa Falls, WI signed.
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Nov 25th, 2013Someone from San Diego, CA writes:
There should be a limit to the amount of child support paid each month. Paying 10K a month is absurd. WE NEED REFORMREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 25th, 2013Someone from Murfreesboro, TN signed.
Nov 25th, 2013Someone from Moyock, NC writes:
My fiance has a baby with a women who just sitts around doing nothing all day and wont even let the father see his child and now that he has taken her to court she is still trying to make it hard on him he doesnt even get to see his kid on fathers day because the mother thinks that he boyfriend should be the one who spends the day with himREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 25th, 2013Someone from Moyock, NC writes:
My fiance has a baby with a women who just sitts around doing nothing all day and wont even let the father see his child and now that he has taken her to court she is still trying to make it hard on him he doesnt even get to see his kid on fathers day because the mother thinks that he boyfriend should be the one who spends the day with himREPORT COMMENTS
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