Fathers Rights

Fathers Rights
When two people divorce and there are children involved, two things generally happen. Either one of the parents will gain custody of the children and the other will pay child support, in most cases.

Depending on the circumstances, the courts generally (not all the time) favor the mother and grant her custody, leaving the father to pay child support if ordered by the courts. There should be such a thing as fathers rights that will ensure and encourage visitations for those fathers who pay child support. Also, there should be an easier way to allow for modifications in child support payments, based on the most current income and not what was made 5 years ago.

Fathers Rights and Child Support
When child support is awarded to the custodial parent (in this case the mother) for the support and care of her child/children, the father has every right to visitations. There have been many stories where the father pays his child support and the mother refuses to allow him to see their children. Some of these fathers try to contact the Attorney General’s office but was unable to receive any help because they do not deal with visitation enforcement. When dads pay child support and not allowed visitation, their fathers rights have been stripped away from them. Below you will find such dads whom have had their fathers right taken away from them because the mother would not allow them to see their children.

Frustrated Non-Custodial Dad
Non-Custodial Parent
Where Are my Rights
Disabled Father
Mr. Jones

Modifications
When a father is ordered to pay child support the payments are based on how many children he has and how much he makes. Some fathers pay $200 to $300 a month on child support payments and other fathers pay well over $1000 a month. Those fathers who make a substantial amount of money can one day become jobless or reduce to making peanuts, sort of speak. When that happens most fathers continue to pay child support based on what was made from their previous jobs leaving them to struggle in life. Modifications in some states are done every 2 to 3 years or at the request of the custodial parent. When a father loses his job or making less than before, the state should not give the father a hard time when requesting modifications to lower their child support payments. However, on the flip side, if a father is actually making more, they should also pay more in child support payments. Below you will see links to stories of fathers who are paying child support based on the income that they use to make.


Texas Attorney General are Anti-Male
Married Filing Jointly
Can't Anyone Help Us
Grandmother


Fathers Rights VS. Dead Beat Dads
There are good fathers out there who are willing to pay their child support payments on time and are being victimize by mothers who deny them their visitations. Good fathers who understand and take responsibilities for their obligations should be reward, not punished. The system generally (once again, in most cases) favor the mother and treat the father like a dead beat dad. Now, there are those fathers that are labeled as Dead Beat Dads whom will not work for the sole purpose of avoiding child support payments. Some will work under the table, get a job and keep it for about 6 months then quit before the Attorney General’s Office finds the locations of their employment. These fathers should be punished because they make all fathers look bad , and in the long run, will lower the rights to visitations, modifications, and the right to be called a good father.

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Its all about the custodial parent 
Let me begin by saying; your options are limited.

For the most part, the state will always side with the custodial parent when money is involved. What ...

I need any advice anyone can give me! 
My husband recently started a job were he makes very good pay. He gets checks for daily pay and salary. The daily pay is not a guaranteed amount each ...

Unable to speak n see children 
I was separated and divorce in 2006, 2 young children. I give my Ex $1403 per month. I had my wages garnished that way she can never say I missed a payment....

Fed up girlfriend...  
My Boyfriend has two kids with his ex wife... She cheated on him they got divorced blah, blah, blah... In there divorce agreement he paid $500 a month ...

A fed up dad 
I have a daughter whom is 12 years old. She lives with her mother whom I separated from when my daughter was 4 years old. Her mother cheated on me and ...

Army Father denied rights 
I am a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army and I have been paying child support for the past 15 years. I am not behind in my payments and I have insurance ...

Could be Father 
I met a girl July 15th, we stopped talking the middle of August. The beginning of September she calls me and tells me I need to give her money for an ...

Baby Momma Drama... 
Well My fiance' babys momma... is holding the fact that he has moved on and found someone he really wants to be with...ME! And she wont let him see his ...

Attorney General & payments 
Ive been divorced for 3 years now I have paid all my payments on time see my kids when she lets me my complaint is that I made good money in the past and ...

Texas Firefighter 
I am a father with 3 healthy and beautiful children. I am now a paramedic and firefighter.

In the beginning, I worked for a local EMS system responding ...

I Can't Afford My Child Support 
I make $12.50 an hour. My employee does not allow me to work overtime or anything like that.

When the child was 9 years old we, my fiancé and I, found ...

Tim 
My son and daughter live with their mother(my ex wife) and I havent seen them much since 2003. In January I had spoken with my daughter who was 16 at ...

JIM V - IOWA 
I ONLY SEE MY SON WHEN HE'S WITH MY FATHER(HIS GRANDPA). MY EX STOPPED "LETTING" ME PICK HIM UP 3 YEARS AGO. THEN SHE CLAIMED I STALKED AND HARRASSED HER ...

Military Dads  
Everyone, I am a Soldier in the US Army. I was married when I got deployed on a 15-month rotation to Iraq. During this Rotation my wife had our first child....

Mr.Thomas 
I'm married with 3 children; I made a mistake cheating on my wife; I had another child; I asked the girl to get an abortion, she said no; she had the baby ...

Was a father now a dead beat dad 
When I was in high school I got my girlfriend pregnant. We had our oldest son and we lived together off and on for a year then we had a second child. We ...

Hung out to Dry 
It amazes me how screwed up the system is. I have two states fighting over the same child support payment. Neither state is willing to give in and I have ...

All Dads are Deadbeats 
It's true guys, we're ALL deadbeat dads because the system, no matter what state or child support agreement you honor, will make you so. My example is ...

When does child support end? 
My son has just turned 22 and has graduated from college. What are the laws, when child support ends. Does it end at 18? or does Texas law require payments ...

There is a way... 
Every time your ex-wife does not allow you to see your children, or gives you a hard time, file a police report. The police will say that they do not get ...

What is the real truth and why are you crying 
Yes, I am an angry woman. Some will say that I am scorned but what is the real story? I married a seemingly good and kind man who wanted children. He ...

So Confused!!! 
I just went to court today for the beging stages of the child support journey. And I have always questioned if I was the father of my son. So i asked the ...

Greg, Anyone have advice??  
I fathered a child at the age of 19 with his mom 18 at the time. She had child support taken immediately with the help of her mom and attorney....

Guess You Dont live in Taylor County 
I have found that in Taylor County as a father you can get away with any thing, refusing to return the children because you think washing dishes is abuse ...

Tricked  Not rated yet
I met a female through the internet. We went on three dates and then she calls it off. She then comes back into my life and tells me she's pregnant. I ...

Jennifer, Mother  Not rated yet
Battered, in a marriage with a Waukesha Co.Wi from Sherriff, from 1986 to 1992. Had 4 children with him. Live about 1/2 time with him and 1/2 of that ...

I made a mistake  Not rated yet
I am 43 and my girlfriend got pregnant. We met on e-harmony. I got freaked out and basically allowed her to be alone almost her whole pregancy. Since ...

Mother who has no vistitation rights!!!  Not rated yet
Hello, I am a good mother. I had to go to California 2 years ago to help my sister when she was ill and could not take care of her children. At that time ...

Pissed Off Step Mom!!!!  Not rated yet
My husband had a daughter with someone whom he was never married to and ever since his daughter was born she decided when he saw her and where and for ...

Labled dead beat  Not rated yet
Years ago I was orderd to pay 150.0 wkly child support figured off a 13,500. year income. I had a seasoal job. I paid then was always being lied to about ...

Deadbeat Army Mother  Not rated yet
I have had my daughter for six months now while my wife...wrong...EX Wife has been off playing Army. She has cheated on me numerous times since joining ...

Sick of paying and not even talking to them!!!  Not rated yet
I pay $600.00 per month and I don't even have the privilege to speak to them on the phone. im sick and tired of it. I'm sick of crying EVERY day because ...

The solution  Not rated yet
I came on to this website for research purposes and got caught up with some of the comments.
Why are so many irresponsible people having so many children?...

Do fathers have any rights ?  Not rated yet
THERES FATHERS THAT DON'T PAY, BUT WHEN THERES THAT DO AND WHERE THE MOTHER AND HER MOTHER GO PARTY IT UP AND THE GRANDMOTHER TAKES CARE OR THE CHILDREN ...

Greedy Women  Not rated yet
As a father, I pay (and always have) my Child Support on time. I will agree though, in most cases the Attorney Generals Office will view all non-custodial ...

She took off to Cali... before the baby was born  Not rated yet
Stressed!!!

I have learned to stand my ground... and not be a casualty in the system.

I want to take care of my responsibilities. I want to be a ...

What happens when it's the opposite...  Not rated yet
I am the "step-parent" in a bad situation. We haven't gotten married because we both know how bad marriages can end, especially with kids involved. In ...

Father  Not rated yet
I have a 2-year-old and her mother and I have joint custody. I have a job and she works under the table at a bar (shes 19) she has my daughter in medicaid ...

Mother run off with child  Not rated yet
My name is Kyle I'm from Farmington Missouri and I was with a girl for a short period of time and things were going great. I got her a job, out of the ...

Joint Custody Father-after the fact  Not rated yet
My ex-spouse and I had joint custody. I had physical custody of son -she the daughter. We had verbal agreement that I would not pay her 250 a month (my ...

Texas (or maybe USA as a whole) FAMILY LAWS are as bad as thier "FAMILY VALUES"....  Not rated yet
I'm an an American born citizen, of Asian Indian origin. Raised in South-Asia, reverted to birth land United States (But globally known as Divided States ...

I want to take care of both of my children  Not rated yet
I have a son I am divorced from his mother. I pay 450.oo dollars a month for child support. I also carry Health, dental, and vision insurance on him. At ...

Vindictive and Spitefull Actions  Not rated yet
I'm a proud father of a 12yr old girl from Arkansas, and I was denied my standard visitations on numerous occasions. From changing my weekend to just telling ...

My Messed Up Story  Not rated yet
First off I was only married 3 months and I adopted my ex's daughter. We got married 1 month before my son was born and lasted 2 months after. She got ...

T.K. MAKING IT HELL FOR ALL!  Not rated yet
FOR THE FATHERS THAT ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING I APPULADE YOU, HOWEVER THAT IS NOT MY CASE. INSTEAD MY DAUTGHTER HAS A FATHER HOW HASN'T BEEN THERE FROM ...

Violating Parenting Plan  Not rated yet
First let me say that my son is 16 yrs old and I have paid child support from day 1. When he was 14 my ex-girlfriend sued me for more child support, I ...

Me against the robbers  Not rated yet
I am dealing with a situation in Ohio where the state has been holding on to income tax money meant for my son for almost six months now.

I recently ...

A Dad After 7 Years  Not rated yet
After 7 years I finally got served papers for child support and got to request a DNA test. He is mine 99.9 %wow! Several court dates and thousands of dollars ...

My son is a Marine and I still pay her????  Not rated yet
When I found out about my son there were many issues...but we put that behind us for the good of our son. Visitation didn't work due to outside influences ...

Joint Temporary Custody  Not rated yet
My fiancée has a beautiful 12 year old daughter by a woman that he barely knew. He did not even know the little girl existed until she was almost 2. They ...

Texas Child Support Laws Don't Work  Not rated yet
I have two daughters and my ex wife and I are real civil when it comes to them; unfortunately I have come across rough times. She remarried and is doing ...

Dead Beat Mom's and Child Support  Not rated yet
It was N.C. Government Jim Hunt in the 80"s who started the ''dead beat Daddy'' thing. THANK YOU GOV. HUNT. So, you see all Dads are mostly known as such....

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