Unfair child support laws
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Jan 26th, 2012Someone from Section, AL writes:
Jackson county shafted me big time.Asst DA jackie covin. -
Jan 26th, 2012Someone from Cameron, NC signed.
Jan 24th, 2012Someone from Anaheim, CA signed.
Jan 24th, 2012Someone from Manassas, VA writes:
I hope something is done about the child support system and this is coming from my self a women i have my own 2 children and i can say i have never ask for child support from the father of my children because i have my two hands and feet to work and support my children however my husbond had a child before we married ( witch was from a one night stand) but the women got pregnant and now my husbond pays 700 a month while she sits in her house all day long does not work and the child is in 2nd grade now and to top it all off visitatin is not inforce to her when its our days to see the child she always comes up with difrent excuses for us not seeing the child however childsupport is inforce to us but visitation to her not a bit. This system need to change as soon as posible because it is not fair for some man out there not having enough money for them selfs when most women resiving child support sit on there*****all day long.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 24th, 2012Someone from Lee, MA signed.
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Jan 22nd, 2012Someone from Carter Lake, IA writes:
i have payed over 50,000 dollars in to child support i lost my job due to the fuel price i just cant find a job that will let me keep up with the order i cant afford an attorney for a modification they just brought me up on felony nonsupport i need helpREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 21st, 2012Someone from Wadsworth, OH writes:
Love that they're laws concerning child support, but when they break them you can't sue them. They have "sovereign immunity", Why bother having laws????REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 21st, 2012Someone from Carter Lake, IA writes:
Please investigate, review laws and change entire child support system and laws rearding the WHOLE thing!!!! I invite you to the real America. My gosh this is a mess. Women getting pregnant out of wedlock to trap a guy and or get support, recieve earned inome tax credit, student financial aid, food stamps --- yep, it's all happening. Along with that please look into the divorce aspect of this.......a woman who takes a married man from his wife and kids should be held accountable to these kids if not somehow charged. In todays economy most men can't afford two families. And if a woman just happens to decide she don't want her husband ....then make her carry responsibilty of her own choice. We need to get off this dead beat dad stuff.....and make these women responsible. It's NOT just the males making bad choices, and in review I sin cerely believe you will find the women are totally behind a BIG BIG part of this. Real men are suffering having their rights to life, liberty, and prusuit of happiness almost abolished!!! Our Great America needs a balance ....if all are equal, all should be treated equal...both male and female. If a woman has option to abortion or to adopt out a child she doesn't want responsibity of....why doesn't a man have that same choice if he can't afford his mistake??? Why doesnt a woman have to claim her CA income....a man has to aim his household wages???? Why does a woman get earned income tax credit for those young'uns ...shoulnt the man be getting a credit and incentive for paying??? Our Great America is suffering as well as a lot of great men. LOOK at all the money wasted enforcing unfair laws. Mr President, I am an unbiased citizen, I have never paid nor recieved child support ....I was a country girl with a little girl and I got a job and raised her after a promise to my grandfather that I would meet the duty and obligation of my choice. Women are being enabled and abusing men and the system ...I see it all around me. Each case is different....I am aware, however, I sincerely believe that more often than not, your review would find unfair, unwarranted, and undue hardships on all that could be put into more proper perspective with change in laws that match up more in line with our constitution. PLEASE someone take control, it effects our citizens, our families, our Country.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 21st, 2012Someone from Carter Lake, IA writes:
Please investigate, review laws and change entire child support system and laws rearding the WHOLE thing!!!! I invite you to the real America. My gosh this is a mess. Women getting pregnant out of wedlock to trap a guy and or get support, recieve earned inome tax credit, student financial aid, food stamps --- yep, it's all happening. Along with that please look into the divorce aspect of this.......a woman who takes a married man from his wife and kids should be held accountable to these kids if not somehow charged. In todays economy most men can't afford two families. And if a woman just happens to decide she don't want her husband ....then make her carry responsibilty of her own choice. We need to get off this dead beat dad stuff.....and make these women responsible. It's NOT just the males making bad choices, and in review I sincerely believe you will find the women are totally behind a BIG BIG part of this. Real men are suffering having their rights to life, liberty, and prusuit of happiness almost abolished!!! Our Great America needs a balance ....if all are equal, all should be treated equal...both male and female. If a woman has option to abortion or to adopt out a child she doesn't want responsibity of....why doesn't a man have that same choice if he can't afford his mistake??? Why doesnt a woman have to claim her CA income....a man has to aim his household wages???? Why does a woman get earned income tax credit for those young'uns ...shoulnt the man be getting a credit and incentive for paying??? Our Great America is suffering as well as a lot of great men.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 21st, 2012Someone from Carter Lake, IA signed.
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Jan 20th, 2012Someone from Bradenton, FL writes:
Child support seizes over $1000.00 from my check every month to give to someone else just because she and I have a child together. I do not make a lot of money. I already have 2 other kids to support, one of them live in a foreign country. Now it is impossible for me to care for my other kids. I dont know what to do. This is very unfair.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 19th, 2012Someone from Hagerstown, MD signed.
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Jan 10th, 2012Someone from Gold Canyon, AZ writes:
I had two young sons and a cheating husband of nine years. I was always the one that had/kept a job and attended college on scholarships while working up to four jobs at a time. I waited to have my children years after the marriage so that I could be a self sufficient mom for them, as i had no one else to count on. when they were 2 and 3, i came home to find their father had beaten my oldest and was still there holding him down on the floor. He was out. his mom was livid w/me for it too. l I supported my sons alone for 2 years while their father ran around dating, buying cars, clothes, and boozing while putting off the divorce so he wouldn't have to pay support. he only visited twice as he had no interest in them. his interest was in stalking me and vandalizing my home/car, etc. I broke my leg on the job and for a short time we had no electricity, no food, no water, and no phone, yet still managed to get by each day with support from friends/family. when it was time for me to graduate, his mother hired an atty who would only allow me to continue custody of the children if I remained in the same town, where there were no jobs to be had and no where to be safe from her son. when i fought back, they tried to call me a bad mom because i couldn't always keep the utilities on, yet my sons were NOT on welfare either because I didn't want their father punished, just to be part of their lives. when i received a job in the next state (an hour away) their father and his mother claimed I was planning to kidnap my sons and they were given custody. I was dismissed as vengeful x's crap. once he had custody, they still lived with me for six months because he was 'too busy' to take care of them. they were his excuse to scare me all the time. the police were all friends of family and no one wants to mar a family name in very small towns. when he actually took them, he hid them in another state for three weeks. I was being irrational mom. my atty told me 'its easy to get them back, paperwork can be changed. go establish yourself and file again. horrible advice. they were claiming abandonment which never,ever would happen in a million years. these two were the only driving force in my life. they were both miracle preemies that i'd prayed for my entire life. these two were everything to me. i don't have vices and am very success driven so they would have no worries. i always thought i'd have them back w/the next court papers and i wanted them cared for. it was killing me that i couldn't hold them, love them, protect them. they had a lot of health problems and i worry. i insisted that he move into the home where the kids and i were settled to no interuppt their environment any more. my ex moved into my home and both kids moved into his mother's, my mother, her husband, and his stepbrother's homes. they spent the next ten years going between homes nearly every day of the week. One of the caregivers was a know pedophile, hisREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 9th, 2012Someone from Savannah, NY signed.
Jan 9th, 2012Someone from Huron, SD writes:
PLEASE LISTEN TO ME DO YOU KNOW WHAT SEVERE DEPRESSION IS ITS ENOUGH TO GET YOUR SSI DONT LET THE GOVERMENT OR DSS PLAY GAMES WITH YOU OFFSET THE RULES SINE UP FOR SSI FIGHT BACKREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 9th, 2012Someone from Dresden, NY signed.
Jan 9th, 2012Someone from Seneca Falls, NY writes:
as the guidelines stand now in NY are unfair and unjust, and doesnt mean the judges follow those guidelines. they didnt in my case, and no matter what lawyer I had the judge "imputed" income and told me to get another or a better job. while my boys mothers did not work. custodial parents can use the system and collect a check while the other parent works 2 jobs to just pay rent! they get a free ride and the other parent gets taken advantage of by the government and there is nothing we can do about it. They take your drivers license, put you in jail, keep you in debt, take half of your pay and all of your tax returns. Of course the gov. wont do anything about the unjust and unfair orders. It creates jobs and its less the county or state pays to the custodial parent.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 9th, 2012Someone from Seneca Falls, NY writes:
as the guidelines stand now in NY are unfair and unjust, and doesnt mean the judges follow those guidelines. they didnt in my case, and no matter what lawyer I had the judge "imputed" income and told me to get another or a better job. while my boys mothers did not work. custodial parents can use the system and collect a check while the other parent works 2 jobs to just pay rent! they get a free ride and the other parent gets taken advantage of by the government and there is nothing we can do about it. They take your drivers license, put you in jail, keep you in debt, take half of your pay and all of your tax returns. Of course the gov. wont do anything about the unjust and unfair orders. It creates jobs and its less the county or state pays to the custodial parent.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 9th, 2012Someone from Woodbridge, VA writes:
There are so many testimonies within this petition that it seems insignificant to add another. That being said, I do believe it is important to always speak loudly in the face of injustice. I have read many of the statements within this petition and it frightens me to see how many of us have become victims of the same institution. To some degree, I feel that my story is reflected in most these others. As a Veteran and a God fearing person, it saddens my heart to say that I no longer believe in the validity of our system. My parents were divorced in 1981. My mother paid Child Support to my father ? the majority of this was never used to benefit my brother or I in any way. Instead it served as a mechanism to increase the social status of my father and his new wife. Their fully loaded top-of-the-line Cadillac is just one example among many of how they chose to allocate their increased wealth. At the same time there were many months where my mom did not have two pennies to rub together ? literally. My mom always embraced me with a smile ? I don?t know how she did it ? my father and his wife were extremely abusive and neglectful. Since I was seven years old, I have watched the court systems take a bad thing and make it worse. The consequences have echoed through to this day. My father enjoys a house on the Gulf of Mexico with a Boat docked in front of it while my mother (who is now disabled and resides with me) was never able to build anything for herself. I swore to myself that if I ever had a Child, I would not fall victim to what I had witnessed. I was patient and truly believed I had found someone I could trust. I?m sure that many people in this petition share the same story. She later proved not to be that person. After my oath to myself, I have come to find myself in the same predicament as my mother was in all of those years ago. My ex wife initially took my Child 10 states away from where she was born and where we were living. I didn?t know to fight it then, because I was naïve enough to believe I could somehow repair our relationship. A few months later, I dropped everything I was doing and uprooted my entire life to be closer to my daughter and my ex. What I didn?t know was that by not fighting from the very beginning, I placed myself into a position of being the non-custodial parent ? to later endure all of the hardships and legalities that includes. As I am certain many of the people here have discovered. I love my daughter. I am a good father ? better than the one I was given. I have sacrificed many things for her and will continue to do so until the day I am no longer here. But herein lays the problem. I should not have to sacrifice a single thing for her mother. I assure you that she is my ex-wife for many good reasons. There is no way that my ex should be receiving the amount of money she does from me. (Approx $1,000.00 taken from my paycheck after taxes every month for one 10 year old child who attendsREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 9th, 2012Someone from Woodbridge, VA writes:
There are so many testimonies within this petition that it seems insignificant to add another. That being said, I do believe it is important to always speak loudly in the face of injustice. I have read many of the statements within this petition and it frightens me to see how many of us have become victims of the same institution. To some degree, I feel that my story is reflected in most of yours. As a Veteran and a God fearing person, it saddens my heart to say that I no longer believe in the validity of our system. My parents were divorced in 1981. My mother paid Child Support to my father ? the majority of this was never used to benefit my brother or I in any way. Instead it served as a mechanism to increase the social status of my father and his new wife. Their fully loaded top-of-the-line Cadillac is just one example among many of how they chose to allocate their increased wealth. At the same time there were many months where my mom did not have two pennies to rub together ? literally. My mom always embraced me with a smile ? I don?t know how she did it ? my father and his wife were extremely abusive and neglectful. Since I was seven years old, I have watched the court systems take a bad thing and make it worse. The consequences have echoed through to this day. My father enjoys a house on the Gulf of Mexico with a Boat docked in front of it while my mother (who is now disabled and resides with me) was never able to build anything for herself. I swore to myself that if I ever had a Child, I would not fall victim to what I had witnessed. I was patient and truly believed I had found someone I could trust. I?m sure that many people in this petition share the same story. She later proved not to be that person. After my oath to myself, I have come to find myself in the same predicament as my mother was in all of those years ago. My ex wife initially took my Child 10 states away from where she was born and where we were living. I didn?t know to fight it then, because I was naïve enough to believe I could somehow repair our relationship. A few months later, I dropped everything I was doing and uprooted my entire life to be closer to my daughter and my ex. What I didn?t know was that by not fighting from the very beginning, I placed myself into a position of being the non-custodial parent ? to later endure all of the hardships and legalities that includes. As I am certain many of the people here have discovered. I love my daughter. I am a good father ? better than the one I was given. I have sacrificed many things for her and will continue to do so until the day I am no longer here. But herein lays the problem. I should not have to sacrifice a single thing for her mother. I assure you that she is my ex-wife for many good reasons. There is no way that my ex should be receiving the amount of money she does from me. (Approx $1,000.00 taken from my paycheck after taxes every month for one 10 year old child who attends a pREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 8th, 2012Someone from Iberia, MO signed.
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Jan 7th, 2012Someone from Drasco, AR writes:
My husband has been paying child support for 17 years. He has been in and out of jail for the first 6. Well he started a new job and they take 2 one week vacations a year,unpaid, until you r there for 2 years. And we get a letter today he is behind,again. Well its not right the gov. varnished his pay. They should realize he didn't work...also he got hurt a few years back and was in the hospital for two weeks, and three surgeries later he's in trouble again unless I pay over 2,000.... We work for a living. Don't have that cash just lyeing around...this is not right. He works 40hrs a week to bring home 200.00. I have to pay everything or we would get nowhere...thanks for making our new lives so hard,we've been married a month. This is not right.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 6th, 2012Someone from Odenville, AL signed.
Jan 3rd, 2012Someone from Attica, IN writes:
My husband pays child support to his ex. He was paying 100 a week for just one kid plus he has to pay all medical. In addition to this she wanted him to pay 500 dollars a year for school clothes,plus pay all school cost, his sports, and party's at school. Then tried to have my husband pay for day care when she didn't have a job. Then to top it all off she found out he got credit for having the child at the house. Then she was using excuses and saying the child dont want to come over cause he is scared of me. When he comes over he always has a blast. Then my husband got laid off and had to get his child support reduced. Now hes a dead beat dad as she calls him. I think something should b done about child support laws and how much you pay. And i look at it this way. Weather your kid lives with u or not..You still have to pay rent and utilities. Having the child is not running up your rent bill. And there was a time when the child was at our house 4 to 5 over night visits a week. And my utility bills were the same. So it really should go on the need of the child, not the need of a child and her bills.. And in case you all wounder yes my husband and i have a kid too. So it not like i don't know what i'm talking about. If the child visits dad i think child support should b based on the child's needs and split in half. Like if it cost 400 dollars for school books then go in half. If the mother went and got the child clothes go in half. And if the mother is on welfare the dad shouldn't have to pay just as much or more then shes getting from the welfare. Come on, she needs to be just as responsible right.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 3rd, 2012Someone from Ford City, PA signed.
Jan 2nd, 2012Someone from Jacksonville, FL writes:
dna TESTING SHOULD BE REQUESTED BEFORE THE CHILDS 1ST BIRHTDAY.. NO BACK C/S.. IF A PARENT IS NOT WORKING WHY SHOULD THE OTHER PARENT DAY FOR DAYCAREREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 2nd, 2012Someone from Jacksonville, FL writes:
dna TESTING SHOULD BE REQUESTED BEFORE THE CHILDS 1ST BIRHTDAY.. NO BACK C/S.. IF A PARENT IS NOT WORKING WHY SHOULD THE OTHER PARENT DAY FOR DAYCAREREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 1st, 2012Someone from Weatherly, PA signed.
Dec 31st, 2011Someone from El Paso, TX writes:
Child surport laws are unfair! I pay over half my income and I barley make ends meet,while she sits at home doing nothing.REPORT COMMENTS
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