Unfair child support laws
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Dec 18th, 2012Someone from Chambersburg, PA signed.
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Dec 17th, 2012Someone from Groton, CT writes:
I was just given a sentence of $304.00 a week for child support for one child in Massachussetts. I currently pay 210 per week for two children in the state of New Jersey. There seems to be an error in the figure. I could care for two children on 210 per week and find the amount fair and just my ex-wife works and I have good insurance through the military. I find $304.00 a week ridiculous and it seems that I am paying a lazy freeloader the right NOT to work. Please do something to stop this unfairness. I am a good person, a good father and I have been treated like a criminal by both states.Dec 17th, 2012Someone from Manassas, VA writes:
The child support system needs to be reviewed and corrected. Of course a man should take care of his children, but why does it have to be the sole responsibility of the father to take on most of the cost of raising that child. Most fathers want to be apart of their children's lives but because the court system is taking more than half of the father's pay, the father is left with next to nothing to live on and pay his bills. To make matters worse, the mother's are given custody of the children and have denied the fathers from spending time with their children! Why do we live in a society that uses a system to further cause a rift in families instead of finding a win-win situation for all. Afterall, the children are the ones that pays the ultimate price.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 16th, 2012Someone from Bakersfield, CA writes:
In Bakersfield Cali. I have arrears of $2700 with a court ordered arrears payment, Ive been paying the payments every month, but keeps taking my licenses, and any monies in any bank account , also while I was on unemployment they are allowed to take 25% of the check. They took the rest of my check out of the bank were i was waiting to pay my rent. When will it stop? Their system is crap the right hand dont agree with the leftREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 16th, 2012Someone from Garden Grove, CA signed.
Dec 16th, 2012Someone from Reading, PA writes:
I get my child 205 overnights a year. The mother lives at home with her parents. Somehow; even after having more time with my child and the mother living rent free. I must pay $500 a month to her? This is a small example of how unfair child support is. The only thing I am supporting is her bar bill when she goes out drinking with her friends.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 14th, 2012Someone from Chattanooga, TN writes:
My ex wife has taken my kids away from me I have only one now to pay support for and ironically they want more than i make, she sits at home with our son lives a life of luxury collecting the money 1,000 per month and wants more, married to a successful man and I have no money left for food, if we re marry we arent allowed to marry and have a new life, we are slaves to the ex . she claims our son in which i was suppose to gets the money on that on top of extra payments along with child support calling me and asking me to make extra donations to her for the holiday seasons .. this isnt right .. true i miss a payment sometimes but i pay my arrears what else do they want ? driving me homeless isnt the answer either, its not like my kids ever saw the money to begin withREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 14th, 2012Someone from Harrisburg, PA writes:
Unfortunately, thats life. If a parent can make a child, they should support that child. Without going through child support. I don't think it's right to have equal rights to a child that you arent supporting. A lot of guys are deadbeat dads and its sad. My son's father to me is just a sperm doner. Its sad but its true. I met somebody when my son was a month and a half old and have been with him for quite some time and he acknowledges my son more than his own "father" does. But his "father" still needs to pay. This is his second child to two different mothers and he needs to be taught that you can't keep making children and not pay for it. Raising a child on your own is very expensive.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 14th, 2012Someone from Wareham, MA writes:
I used to think I had a successful career making 6 figures. Paying $1,600 per month for one child has me looking for a part time job just to keep up with the bills-The system is wrong.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 14th, 2012Someone from Las Cruces, NM signed.
Dec 14th, 2012Someone from Kissimmee, FL writes:
I say that child support payments are unfair, leaving families very little to survive on their own. This system is unfair. They need to change in how child support is calculated people move on and have families of there own so they to need to survive. They should calculate it on parent?s earnings not there perdiems that money in used for travel and food for the workers which r most of the time the dads. That's is so not how I would emagine America would be. how child support says they care for the kids not true they care for the money they get from the dad that is why they can't wait to help the mom hurt the dad financially getting rich off the dad well they suffer to feed the new family. Please help put a stop to this as family suffer from this. The mother's r making more than the dad's by working and collecting child support.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 14th, 2012Someone from Bainbridge, NY writes:
The NYS Child Support System in immoral, and completely unfair. I am a supporting father of 2. The ex is another woman that sits at home and collects child support. She is on medicaid and relies on others for everything. She is very mean and nasty individual that thinks the world owes her something. She is fully capable to work, and chosen not too because she can!! I too am a hard working, loving father. I pay very excessive child support while their mother sits at home, smokes her cigarettes, planning her next tatoo, and outing at the bar for her next off kid weekend. She is a drain on society and a terrible mother who bad mouths their father who supports them. She has even sent be texts saying "why should I work when am guarenteed $1200 per month in child support for the next 15 years"! I love my kids and care about their well being. I have not been late on a single payroll deducted, bleeding, child support payment. The child support is far more than the kids need. How is this justified?! This needs to change. The woman needs to get off her but and provide half of their support. Why should good dads suffer such penalties, and the mothers get such a reward? It is just plain wrong.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 13th, 2012Someone from Los Angeles, CA writes:
It's been a long and unfair ride and I need to group with people who are angry as I am. This system is so corrupt and there are stories of evidence everywhere. 25 years of my life in ruin. I HATE... These laws put an end to my life before it got started. My X messed around while I was in the military. She had a boyfriend who tried to murder me. He got a year of probation... Yet... I'm the bad guy.... I'm the DEADBEAT... and there is no proof of paternity. Nobody cares about the story, so these words I write are just waste. All I've got to show is to look at the state of our nation. We are divided. The people have failed and our government has failed us. I was never a bad person, only presented to be by my state government. There are some very relevant comments below this one. Read them. Please spread the word of this website. 12-13-2012REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 13th, 2012Someone from Mobile, AL writes:
Some women make me sick. All they do is use their children for a paycheck or a free ride. It is absolutley ridiculous. They need to get up off their rears and get a job. I would never put my ex in a situation where he could not afford to live. We chose not to be together. I don't want to make my childs father miserable, why? For what? It won't do anyone any good. GET UP AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILD IF YOU ARE A REAL MOTHER!! Don't look for a way out YOUR job that you chose to take on when you laid down!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 13th, 2012Someone from Metairie, LA writes:
I pay $814.51 per month for one child + med ins. of which custodial parent (who only works half of the month, and only is with my daughter a few days a month cause she can't raise a kid and work at the same time, grandma basically raises daughter) receives $775.72 per month, states keeps rest. I tried to have my support reduced because My pay was reduced by $1500 month due to losing overtime and working 40 hours per week. Custodial parent pay was $1000 more than originally and I was denied any reduction, with a $2500 swing in pay between two of us. I also have a child that lives with me and I can barely afford to support him and my truck is about to break down and I have no extra to fix it. If my truck breaks down I wont be able to get to work. I was given a $6 credit due to the fact i have a child that lives with me. Yes only $6. I have to drive 200 miles round trip on weekends I see my daughter and no credit for transportation was given. These laws need to be looked at esp if taxes rise next yearREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 13th, 2012Someone from Los Angeles, CA writes:
Let me know I'm willing to pay child support I just wanted to be fair with me that's it. I also have another child it's not even my child and I provide for her needs. So in total i have 2 beautiful girls im here for theme and I also have receipts for all the stuff I bought them. Even Even help their mom to get a new place Payher rent and buy her stuff she needs. I need. Help!!!;)REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 12th, 2012Someone from Philadelphia, PA writes:
This has stop. Maybe we have to march on washington and picket outside the courts.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 12th, 2012Someone from Lake Havasu City, AZ signed.
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Dec 11th, 2012Someone from Bonsall, CA writes:
My son is being killed by Riverside Co. child services and his X. He had a court order in 2005 to pay support to his X an (unsure amount). He and the X decided to split custody 50/50 for the 3 kids insted of him paying the support $. This was a verbal agreement and lasted for 5 years and he thought she had dropped the support order. The remaining 2 years he didn't pay because she made more money then him and he shared expenses with her. In April 2012 the X took him back to court and DCSS suprised him with about 43,000 dollars in arrears on top of $1200 a month for his 3 boys. They have charged him 10% interest on this bill. He lives from paycheck to paycheck and will never be able to pay this unfair bill. The X won't admit he shared custody for the 5 years at the recent court hearing and was unhappy with the court results so the next day she quit her job and refiled to take him back to court again. He has not been able to pay his bills and his dad and I have been paying his house payment. Rent would be more then the house payment selling the house is not an option. He has high blood pressure and the stress is taking a toll him as well as the family. Child support services is so unfair to the good dads. Why isn't this corrected? The X will file for wellfare and sit on her*****while my son struggles just to pay the support amount. With the incredible arrears added and 10% interest he will be paying well into his senior years. No one seems to be able to figure out the unfair formula for support or how much it really takes to raise a child. It should be based on the the rearing amount not what the father makes. My son does not get paid for holidays, sick days, rainey days or employer not having work. He also gets no benifits or vacation. He wants to know why the 12 & 13 yr old cost him $300 per mo. and the 10yr old is costing him $600 per mo. In reality, the 13 yr old has more needs and cost much more then a 10 yr old to raise. On top of this $300 more is deduced out of his check for arrears. Another injustice is that the father who pays support never gets to claim the children on their taxes. How is this fair? On the recent court order, the X wasn't happy with $1,500 a month so the next day she purposely quit her job and refiled to get more money from him. CSS shouldn't allow this but she probably will get more on wellfare. Please work on reducing the interest of 10% on arrears. This is so outragous!!!! CSS also has his bank checking his account every 2 months to make sure he doesn't have more then $2500 and charge him a whopping $100 each time. He cannot afford more robbery and is very depressed. What are you people doing to change this horrible system? When are the CSS going to listen to the hardships the fathers go through? We need change NOW and is there something now in the works to redo this system? HELP!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 11th, 2012Someone from Sherman Oaks, CA signed.
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Dec 10th, 2012Someone from Port Hueneme, CA writes:
My husband pays $2150 a MONTH for 50/50 custody, his ex took us to court in October and tried to move the kids to another state and was denied, she left and took all the kids child support money with her (it was direct deposited and judge never made a change on support order only custody order, no clue why. Where is my husband now? IN COURT trying to get the money back, because we have the kids 100% of the time, and she still wants to collect the $2150 a month! WTF IS WRONG WITH CALIFORNIA???!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelDec 10th, 2012Someone from Port Hueneme, CA signed.
Dec 10th, 2012Someone from Chelsea, AL writes:
Mother should have guidelines on when and how to spend the money and held liable! Also should not be able to sit at home when they are capable of working.REPORT COMMENTS
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