Unfair child support laws
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Apr 1st, 2016Someone from Orange Park, FL signed.
Apr 1st, 2016Someone from Anchorage, AK writes:
I am a veteran who loves my children deeply. I just traveled across country to go see my 2 children for 10 days. I make 60k a year, but I am still struggling to make ends meet because 25% before taxes is a lot of money. I paid for all expenses when I went to visit them and I was not getting paid at work because I didn't have the paid time off. Now child support took all of my money for this month. How is that fair to my wife and step daughter? How will I pay my bills this month? I wanted to see my kids badly, but this puts me in a financial strain when I go see them. It should be 25% after taxes. God bless, EricApr 1st, 2016Someone from Pennsauken, NJ writes:
At some point the laws have to really mean that they are used within reason. I've felt from day one i'm taking care of my daughter as well as the (mother???). I agree that mothers should be given some financial responsibilities after a child reaches a certain ag5. and a financial review every 6 months.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 1st, 2016Someone from Sandwich, MA writes:
I pay an astronomical amount of child support per week to my children's mother. She blatantly abuses the system by leaving the children (ages 7 & 8) unattended by adult supervision. Instead she leaves the two older children of another father home to babysit my children. She also gets child support for those two. She decided to be a waitress in the evening which allows her to drink until all hours of the night. She doesn't hide abusing the child support system either. It's posted ALL OVER Facebook. Her name is Julie H. Rogers from Forestdale, Ma. 02644. Her actions are disgraceful not to mention she has lived her whole life USING people and the system.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 1st, 2016Someone from Richmond, KY signed.
Apr 1st, 2016Someone from Dorchester, MA signed.
Apr 1st, 2016Someone from Santa Maria, CA signed.
Apr 1st, 2016Someone from Santa Maria, CA signed.
Apr 1st, 2016Someone from Richmond, KY writes:
Ridiculous that some ppl live off child support, you should have to work and give father's a chance and I'm a mother of 4 kids, and yet I'd rather have them have involvement with their fathers, than get it. I don't see how they haven't updated this ridiculous system!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 1st, 2016Someone from Enterprise, MS signed.
Apr 1st, 2016Someone from Wellsville, OH signed.
Apr 1st, 2016Someone from Wellsville, OH writes:
It's extremely unfair to the hard working father to pay child support to a mother that does nothing at all but sits at him, she has never in her life worked and that 100% TRUE. Unfair to the father.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 1st, 2016Someone from East Liverpool, OH writes:
I love my son and want to help in every way I can but I pay more child support then I am able to pay bills and the mother does nothing but sit on computer and cell phone. None of the money I send goes to my son. I was recently in a gas station to pay for my gas and the girl in front of me used her child support card to pay for cigarettes and scratch off tickets, it just made my blood boil to the point I wanted to flip out on her. Not all of us father's are a pos. And there are just as many girls out there that are as bad as the men. I also agree to the mothers being forced to work after child is of the age of 5.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 31st, 2016Someone from Barberton, OH writes:
Texas needs major child support law evaluation! When do they take half your federal tax return, and use the other half, up to $650 for administration fees each year? When are they aloud to place 60% deductions on each pay check for child support? The attorney generals office refuses to do anything or even follow the laws about taking the child support out. Their reply entails come live in Texas for about 6 months and deal with it in the courts. Who can put back money for that when pay checks are on hold because they take out more than what was agreed upon? And the child support is not behind! Men are getting financially derailed into extreme life wrecking poverty because the mothers always want more & more! When does justice begin?!?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 31st, 2016Someone from Zion Grove, PA writes:
The system needs to be updated there are a lot of father's that are getting treated unfair.i was at a court hearing today and I was treated like I was a low life by the judge who would not even take the time to listen to me.i along with other father's are at our limets something needs to change in pa.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 31st, 2016Someone from Saint Albans, NY writes:
Ok. I concur w/u ALL. Listen, @ 1 point in my life i had 2 go 2 HRA now mind you my the man that raised my son as his own gave him his last nam & all after we talked it over after all we were going 2 stay w/ 1 another. By d way i met him wen i was 4mths pregnant bcuz the man dat I've been with since i was 17yrs old was a whore lol #RealTalk A lot of baby mamma's Lol but anywho, decided he wnts 2 stay with everyone else he just really didn't wnt me plain & simple. Well, this man was a sweet heart. But, i wuzzn't happy after 5yrs but we stood friends til this day our sonis now 18yrs old. He's Been there birth, grew-up, 1st walk, 1st tooth 1st everything. Well, HRA decided they wnt 2 take him 2 court 4 child support i told them i don't know where he's @ they pulled his name up mind u he wrkd allhis life. So, i just went 2 HRA til my SSI/SS kicked in so i really had no choice. But this man was giving our son pretty good amount every 2wks my son got his clothes, games, life insurance all til HRA took itall away. He was helping me no matter wat. I so appreciated this man. He didn't have 2 do any of this he luvs our son & our son is the only DAD/FATHER he knu. But, i am going 2 sign this bcuz it's the Right thing 2 do. There are real men out here that just wnt 2 do right by their children & most mothers/fathers mess that up 4D #RealMen #RealWomen I'm just making a big difference 2A child who really is need of family support point blank. #GodBlessYouDadsMomsChildren. P.S. WRD OF ADVICE "STOP PUTTING UR CHILDREN IN BETWEEN GROWNUP SITUATIONS & IN D LINE OF FIRE" GROW-UP!!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 31st, 2016Someone from San Diego, CA writes:
Child support should be assessed on a case to case basis. My particular situation has caused my entire family financial hardships while my sons mother has purchased a new home. Now my son no longer likes my home and is more inclined to his new home. I blame both the laws and judge for failure to use their judgement regarding child custody cases. Now I am a 27 year old and would have never seen my life struggling to make ends meet.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 31st, 2016Someone from Rocklin, CA writes:
I'm a woman and I have 50/50 custody of my child and I have to pay child support to my husband who always worked during our marriage up until he got fired last June. Now I'm stuck paying alimony and child support that is more than my rent for a one bedroom apartment. It's not just men getting screwed for dead beat parents, it's the responsible parent getting screwed. What is the incentive to go to work if you can manage to live off of support? The whole system needs to be re-hauled. Parents with 50/50 custody shouldn't have to pay child support.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 31st, 2016Someone from Tallahassee, FL writes:
It is so unfair for a hardworking dad that pay support on time out of his paycheck every month to not be able to see his children. A father that has begged for more time and constantly told no should not be allowed. Children need both their father and their mother and not a mother that holds them full time away from a father to get more money. Please change the laws back to 50/50 custody and 50/50 in taking care of the children's expenses and not one parent that is completely fit, a good father and a hardworking great person. It is unfair for a mother to keep the children away from the father for money. This should NOT be allowed.A paying wonderful father should have JUST as much rights on equal time sharing as the mother should.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 31st, 2016Someone from Aiken, SC writes:
It is unfair that we continue to abate by antique laws when men used to be the sole support of a family. In a time when we all support equal rights and pay for men and women, maintaining such format and burden in the father is unfair. Children need both parents. Men give as much to the upbringing of a child as a women do. Both sides are indispensable for a child. It is time to go by the 50/50 rule and have equal expectations, duties and rights for both parents involved and stop legally supporting free rides to women just because there is a child involved.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 31st, 2016Someone from North Las Vegas, NV signed.
Mar 31st, 2016Someone from Winona, MN signed.
Mar 30th, 2016Someone from Jacksonville, FL writes:
I would just like to say that this is so wrong because women know they don't have to work they know they can work u an take your hard earned money and the system is fixed so that the woman have more of an advantage of winning and taking what u have to me this is a form of slavery think about it u work hard and pay her she does nothing an get paid the system should be fair for both parties if the woman does nothing the woman should have to work or pay back child support if not being able to pay just like man they should look at facing time really or pay the man who word hard or pay the government u guys like taking money take their money really i think some of the money should be put in a bank or frozen so that she can't get her hands on it i think the man should pay so much child support because what does a baby need with 300 400 500 dollars or more in child support what can a child i repeat a child do with that kind of money an u know the woman is not using it for what they need it for its called child support not woman support right then they can change it every 3 years according to how much u get paid they can take more so if u get a raise she get one to its so wrong an it needs to change this or next year like i said baby dont need more soo much money well they do but dad shouldn't have to pay it all an she shouldn't set back and grt paid its child support not woman support bill support food support hair and makeup support something has to changeREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 30th, 2016Someone from Ridgefield, WA signed.
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Mar 30th, 2016Someone from Winston, GA writes:
Like many systems we abide by in this country, this one needs overhauled. Deadbeat mothers have learned how to work the system, no doubt. It's almost too easy for them not to. I'm a good man, I made a horrible mistake with a person who has consistently shown the potential to make disgusting decisions. Her and her deadbeat fiance will now live a much nicer life beginning today. I only wonder if the Son that I have been kept from since inception will benefit from the unreasonable amount of money his hardworking Father is now paying. The amoung is only unreasonable because of the circumstances. Accountability needs to be held for people who take advantage of the systems. I tried to help, I tried to insure my son under my wonderful insurance plan. She refuses help, and will not give the information needed to add him to my policy yet continues to allow my son to ride the state system, right along with her. She wont work. She instead, filed false claims with the state that I've continuously refused to provide medical care and financial support to my child. This is far from the truth, and though it will be addressed in legitimation and custody suit about to be filed, it's just unfortunate that this situation is perpetuated and allowed by the flawed system. This child should have never been on the public welfare system, and it's disgusting that this is allowed to occur. How is she able to not work? She possesses a college degree. She also possesses a recent criminal record. How does the obligation not lie with the state to dig into this and check someone out who files for benefits? Anyone who would perform the basic research would be able to determine that she is not a good parental candidate. Shouldn't the state perform these basic background checks when someone is parenting children and drawing off of the system? Shouldnt there be accountability and penalization of some sort for those who believe it's ok for them to keep a parent from his/her child for no reason? Instead I'll now spend thousands to get the truth out there in the open. My well being, and my childs future and best interests will be harmed by this useless waste of money. I know that my case is likely one of millions, that are quite similiar. NCP's have rights, and they aren't ATM machines. Something needs to be done.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 30th, 2016Someone from Jackson, MI signed.
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Mar 30th, 2016Someone from Edinburg, TX writes:
My ex 6 plus years ago said she didn't want nothing from me and that she was moving on with new husband, new chapter. That it was the best for the 2 children we had for me to stay out of their lives and I agreed. They called the stepdad dad and the children where happy. July 2015 ex-wife and her husband sale the house that was still in my name that they lived in for years paying late payments on the mortgage for years in which the ex-wife was too refinance since 2005. Well they sale home and run to the Attorney General Child Support Office and file for child support and back pay. The law says they don't care if we did a mutual agreement that the only one that can remove the back pay is my ex-wife so I had to sue her for damages to my credit, sue her for not letting me see the 2 children that are teens now. I had to pay a good lump sum to zero out the back pay oh but they ex-wife and husband wanted the full money with interest of the back pay but they had to come to an agreement due to the damages they caused me. What man lives in a house that is owned by the ex-husband, conceives two children then years later his in court with the wife (my ex) having a say on the agreement of child support of the 2 step children. And he never said he'd adopt no wouldn't want to lose his monthly child support check now would he. I'm signing this petition due to the scheme of the ex-wife and her husband. Oh and its been weeks after the court day and yet ex-wife's attorney is dragging the papers to have them signed so they can be filed in court of the recorded agreement yet they already got there money.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 30th, 2016Someone from Brooklyn, NY writes:
My sons mother is the deadbeat! Never had a job! Didn't graduate high school! And she's 35!!!!! When is it time for her to get punished!?!?! There's got to be a way to throw the hammer down to deadbeat mothers milking the system for child support!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 30th, 2016Someone from Brooklyn, NY writes:
My sons mother is the deadbeat! Never had a job! Didn't graduate high school! And she's 35!!!!! When is it time for her to get punished!?!?! There's got to be a way to throw the hammer down to deadbeat mothers milking the system for child support!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 30th, 2016Someone from Malverne, NY signed.
Mar 30th, 2016Someone from Garrettsville, OH writes:
Greetings Everyone, I have had just about enough of this SHIT! It is time to start taking action, because obviously this isn't working either. It's time to start a revolution, stand up for our selves and get a protest going, march and hold up signs explaining exactly what Title IV-D means and how it affects us. In brief, Title IV section D is a Federally funded incentive program designed to reward child support order establishment and fund child support enforcement programs. This allows the states to generate huge amounts of revenue, the more families and individuals they destroy, bankrupt, and finagle to keep in the system the more money or incentive monies the states get from the Federal Government. Hiding behind the excuse "It's in the best interests for the children"... Blah, blah, blah! It's in the best interests for Judge's pensions, FOC Officers, Etc....Their pockets.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 29th, 2016Someone from Winchester, VA signed.
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