[the invisib1e hand]

the revenge of the Bitch State.

[raybbr]

I work with a guy who got back together with his ex. He has CS taken out of his check every week. They want to stop it but she would have to take him back to court. It would cost them over a hundred dollars to have him served with papers so they could set up a court date to get the judge to stop the money from being taken out of his check.

[goldstategop]

The problem is few working class fathers can repay that kind of debt. Punishing them for not making enough is not going to help their children.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[the invisib1e hand]

Hey, Johnny, your fathers a "deadbeat" because he can't afford to pay his rent and give your mother 30% of his gross.

[glaseatr]

My case has been closed for over 3 years and they STILL intercepted my federal taxes. Maryland somehow thinks I owe them another 4K.

One day, God willing it will all end.

[hunter112]

Back in WA, we had a “Department of Support Enforcement”. Wonder why we never had a “Department of Visitation Enforcement.”

[porter_knorr]

'nother blog pimp from Glenn.

Obviously something is wrong with the system.

For the past 7 months, I've been fortunate (yes, that was sarcasm) to watch this particular ugly part of our court system. Once a month, I've gone in to observe what is referred to as "Contempt Fridays"

This month there were only 49 cases on the Friday I observed- the previous month there were 73.

Out of those people there was ONE woman who was behind on her child support. In all fairness she hadn't gone back for a modification while she had custody at one point. her fault, but still not a deadbeat.

More than 70% of those men had quit a job once Child Support had caught up to them and started garnishing. There were truly a couple of hard luck stories - but mostly, it was men who just simply didn't want to make a priority to pay for their child.

One that went to jail for 30 days, had been working under the table to support a new wife and child, but hadn't paid anything to his first daughter in over 2 years. TWO YEARS!

If you can afford groceries, and clothes, and gas for your car, you can afford to pay something/anything towards child support.

Other examples were the day laborers who were no longer working because construction is low - BUT he was getting unemployment and working for cash for his uncle. There was the man who owed 175,000 in past child support - the least amount was $7,000 in arrears.

There is no such thing as buyer's remorse when it comes to children, and there is NO reason to not support a child. If you can't afford it on your salary, get a second job, or a third one - no excuse for not taking care of your kid.