Father With No Rights
by DougEDoug
Once I discovered that I had fathered a child through the trickery of a female acquaintance, I tried my best to make the best of the situation. She talked me into leaving my job in MS and I moved to CA to be closer to my son. However, that proved to be diasterous. She ran the streets; wanted to used my truck to run with her friends everyday she got off work; and seldom spent the kind of time with our son that was required. Things got so bad that I truly beieved she was by-polar because of her odd mood swings. Nevertheless, I stuck it out for my son. I tried to find work; I left home every day in search of something to do, but always came up short. However, just when things were about to turn around....I found a job and she really went ballistic. She would leave home and I wouldn't know if or when she was coming back. She came home one evening and threw a fit because I wouldn't let her use my truck and the cops were called.....who got arrested...ME. Strike one! Upon getting my first check from my job, I wanted stopped at this bar and purchased a couple of drinks. I was not intoxicated and the cops made me blos into the machine eight (8) times before they could get a reading......strike number two. From that point on, everything went downhill. I lost my job and was about to lose my mind as well. I eventually gave up and returned to MS where I am now forced to pay over $400 per month in child support for my son who I have no rights to see. Where is the justice for the fathers is this madness? I moved there to be a role model for him and to be a large part of his life, yet, I'm here having things constantly taken away with no contact with him. Where's the justice or fairness in that? If I must pay child support, I should be a part of his life. He should know who his father is and that his father didn't just disappear. I AM NOT A DEADBEAT DAD! However, I do need someone to tell me my rights as a father since I am supporting my son financially.
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