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Enforcing Child Support

by Jason Beard
(Shreveport, LA)

Yes My name is Jason Beard and I am currently on your list as a " dead beat dad". My child's mother abandoned me and our son for four 4 years without even a phone call..that means she did not help with child support. She returned like I said 4 years later and tried to gain custody in which she was denied. She then had to pay court ordered child support, for which she never did. Then a year later while he was with her for the summer she filed for custody again. I was never served, I didn't even know this was going on. When I informed her he had to come back to get ready for school she informed me that the court had given her custody.(Well lets see here now I need a lawyer) Oh I have twin 4 year old girls to take care of and yes they live with me and I could not afford a lawyer.

Then I was notified by the child support enforcement to pay her child support..She doesn't receive any state support like food stamps or nothing ..She did this her self. Now I don't know what you are thinking but something is wrong here..Was I just a baby sitter for her to get her life straight? So then I fall behind on the payments and what happens they take my license..My son lives 1 hour away from me and I don't have a license to pick him up so he can visit his dad..You think his mom is gonna bring him? Nope she won't..So Texas I say to you thank you for letting my ex wife embezzle my son from me ..Keep up the good work ..Did you forget one thing though? Now my son can't see his dad because his dad has no license..

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May 02, 2010
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You are kidding me
by: Anonymous

For all the fathers out there think there child support payments are going to the mom for her spending you are crazy. Unless you are a Professional basketball,football player trust me you are not paying enough. Do you ever think about the housing,clothes,food,electric,water, etc that a child consumes on a monthly bases. I am not going to include daycare or after school care. I am a single parent and yes my daughter father pays child support ask me what it covers? I will tell you daycare nothing more. I am sure your childrens mother gave you an opportunity to take care of your child yourself but you didnt so the government had to jump to give you an amount to pay to take care of YOUR KIDS. If anything you need to be thanking your kids mother for taking care of them. Because i am sure when they are sick or have homework and thing that is going on in school she is there and you are not. Paying childsupport and picking up your kid every other weekend doesnt make you a dad , you could do more but you dont. I am so sick and tired of men thinking that they are doing you a favor by paying child support you are taking care your kids last time i checked it took two people to make a baby.

Jul 19, 2009
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NOT mommy support
by: Anonymous

OMG -- My ex husband used to say I spent the money on myself..excuse me?? If I was alone, I would pay for a one bedroom apartment, buy less food, use less utilities and definitely not spend money on clothes, shoes, haircuts, vacations, etcetera. The child support augments everything above and beyond what mommy would do if she had no kids and loved alone!! I pay rent for a 3 bedroom place becuase I have 2 daughters and one son, and never mind about food and clothes..meanwhile, his ex is bitching because she wants new patio furniture for their enclosed pool!!! Lets look at the big picture..dad or mom.. whatever, the cost to raise kids is everything we have to spend after the necessities for ourselves! PAY UP! And how do we stop paying after the other parent gives up custody without having to pay so much to the courts. It seems faster garnishing wages than it is to stop collecting when the kids no longer live with their dad!!

Jul 17, 2009
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Something wrong with this picture
by: Anonymous

I live in Texas currently...and I was working 2 jobs to support my deadbeat exHUSBAND...and 2 boys, after 2 years he got disability (how I don't know, because he isn't disabled, only when he wants to be)...after 10 years of marriage and the last 6 years being hell...I walked because he wouldn't leave and as it was he tried to lock me in the house...I left with the clothes on my back and my vehicle....he wouldn't allow me to take my kids and to be real honest I didn't have anything, and nowhere to go....so I left them with him and because I did the best thing for them we ended up with joint custody and him having primary conservatorship....so now I pay him $400/mo and the government pays him $400/mo...I have them most of the time and the 3 nights a week he has them he leaves my 12 yr old to babysit while he goes and plays poker...I don't have a prob supporting my kids but the only reason he wants them is for the money and so he doesn't have to work...he calls me constantly wanting me to parent them over the phone because he is a joke of a parent...and no the legal system didn't work for me as a mother but against me...

Jun 29, 2009
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blah blah
by: Anonymous

BOO HOO WHA WHA - you men are all disgusting babies. Children cost more money then you know to raise and what the courts ask a man to pay is a fraction of what the child cost to be raised. If you put more energy into your jobs and less energy complaining about paying support then the world would be a better place- if you play you pay - kids are not cheap

Jun 10, 2009
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CoParenting
by: Keysha W

The more I do research into this whole Child Support Issue in the State of Texas it reminds me of some organized crime mob. My child's father was a butt when I was pregnant and up until I hired a private attorney and the AG attached them selves onto the case because I was only recieving Medicaid because my job didn't offer insurance. We've had our up and down moments and I don't know why it took him to get served on his job before he saw the light that I was serious. The only think I wanted was him to sign his childs birth certificate and be involved in his life. He has other kids and one of his cases the mother just informed him that he was the father and the boy is 10yrs old. So because the mother did recieve Tanf he owes 23,000 in back csp. I'm a understanding person and I did my research and tried to close my case before we go to court in a couple of days. OMG if they didn't say he has to pay the state back for the medicaid even if I close the case. WTF we both pay taxes and no that my new job offers insurance the stuff is too high to afford. I'm not trying to be funny but why is there webpage only states if the mother is recieving Tanf he's required to pay back the state. Am I crazy or is it just all about garnishing wages rather than a parent building a bond with their child without the fear of being held incontempt of there childsupport order because they can bearly survive once they had 50% of their pay check garnished.

Jun 06, 2009
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It should not be called "child" support.
by: Fred

It should be called mommy support. (especially in Texas, mothers have a distinct advantage in getting custody--no such thing as state mandated "joint custody".) If one investigates, the whole government sponsored support was based on saving money on government entitlements- NOTHING to do with the welfare of children. Questions: Why do custodial parents get to spend the money as they see fit? If studied, I would guarantee most of the money went for the custodial parent. They have a responsibility to pay for the largest expenses of having a child also.
My recommendation that I'm going to lobby for. All child support monies are to be accounted for and what is not spent is put in the childrens' bank account(s). The custodial parent would still have an advantage if they had to front 10% of their income into the child also--unlike the 20% non cust parents have to pay. The receipts should be kept and accounted for. If non custodial parent feels that this has been cheated upon--instead of expecting the government to run the cost of accountability, either parent would do it depending on the following: If the non requests an audit, the non will pay if the audit is correct and accurate. If there has been fraud; in addition to legal penalty, the fraudulent party would go to jail, be fined, or both and pay for the audit. A separate bank account could be kept. The government should like this due to it causing more savings in a bank.

I love my child and would be glad to have custody of her, not because of paying for support. If I had custody, I would be glad to keep accounting and receipts for her. Nothing of the complaints and whining done by many custodial parents when asked about this.

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