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Military Dads

by Cory A. Argenbright
(Colorado Springs, CO, USA)

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. Upon returning home I was told that she wanted a Divorce. She moved my son 5 stated away from where I am stationed and I have no choice as to whether I can move so I had to stay. I have paid child support since day one and have never been late or behind. Yet every time I turn around I am being hindered from seeing my child. I am currently deployed again and am now having to fight about child support based that I will be making some extra pays while I am deployed. I still am fighting tooth and nail to get my visitation when I am back in the states. I pay 947 dollars a month for one child but yet I was told I cant have custody of my son due to being in the Army. This seems to be a trend among service members and I have gotten no help not even from my attorney. I have contacted US Senators via email from every state and have been told the federal government won't help us. I am tiring to contact my state legislators to see if they can help but with no avail. If you have found yourself in this same situation please contact me via email at coryargenbright@yahoo.com

We need to unite and get or government help those of us who are suffering at the hands of unfair state child support laws due to our military service.

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Nov 08, 2008
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in the same boat!!
by: Anonymous

well heres my story i got divored 2 yrs ago after comeing back from iraq, when i got back my x wife and kids had moved to ohio. so i hadnt seen my children for a yr when we went to cort for the divorce. later that year i had leave comeing up and talked with my x about my visatation and she agree (even thought my court papers say that i can anyway) let me have the kids, so make the long trip up to ohio to get my kids and she wont awnser the door. i stood there for an hour knocking on the door when i heard my son say "dad is that u?" and then i herd him get smacked and taken away from the door. i then called the police and they entered her house and talked with her for like 15 min then cam out to tell me they cant enforce my TX court order and that i needed to leave the premisus..... the next day i called a lawyer in ohio and he told me there wasnt much i could do with it being a TX court order and that he could try and get it moved up to ohio and then he could do something, only problem with that is #1 for him to do just that he was asking for 6k, found on that would take the case for 4k but still that was only to get it moved to ohio, the #2 it would jump my child support from 761 to 900, mind u i had recontly got remarried and hadanouther child on the way. so i went back to TX with my tail between my legs and went to a lawyer in TX payed 3k forhim to take my case to court and the only thing that happend was that they filled the poilce complaint i had from ohio in my file...... so needless to say its been 3 yrs sence i seen my children. luckly she allows me to call them, but being in iraq its not easy to call on a regular basis. so for the moment im stuck till i go back and go throught this all again. there no one to help, there no one who even cares about our rights as fathers. its almost as if ur forced to wait till there 18 and come looking for u , wondering y u didnt care enought to be in there life....... sawgunner1305@yahoo.com

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Nov 08, 2008
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well heres my story i got divored 2 yrs ago after comeing back from iraq, when i got back my x wife and kids had moved to ohio. so i hadnt seen my children for a yr when we went to cort for the divorce. later that year i had leave comeing up and talked with my x about my visatation and she agree (even thought my court papers say that i can anyway) let me have the kids, so make the long trip up to ohio to get my kids and she wont awnser the door. i stood there for an hour knocking on the door when i heard my son say "dad is that u?" and then i herd him get smacked and taken away from the door. i then called the police and they entered her house and talked with her for like 15 min then cam out to tell me they cant enforce my TX court order and that i needed to leave the premisus..... the next day i called a lawyer in ohio and he told me there wasnt much i could do with it being a TX court order and that he could try and get it moved up to ohio and then he could do something, only problem with that is #1 for him to do just that he was asking for 6k, found on that would take the case for 4k but still that was only to get it moved to ohio, the #2 it would jump my child support from 761 to 900, mind u i had recontly got remarried and hadanouther child on the way. so i went back to TX with my tail between my legs and went to a lawyer in TX payed 3k forhim to take my case to court and the only thing that happend was that they filled the poilce complaint i had from ohio in my file...... so needless to say its been 3 yrs sence i seen my children. luckly she allows me to call them, but being in iraq its not easy to call on a regular basis. so for the moment im stuck till i go back and go throught this all again. there no one to help, there no one who even cares about our rights as fathers. its almost as if ur forced to wait till there 18 and come looking for u , wondering y u didnt care enought to be in there life....... sawgunner1305@yahoo.com

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Sep 12, 2008
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Let's do something!
by: Anonymous

I am in the same boat. I went to court got visitation and then when I went to pick my son up his step dad said I couldn't and called the cops saying I theartned him. So that led to a warrant. I am in Iraq right now and have my lawyer working the warrant issue and I am pressing charges on them for filing a false report.

I am also talking with my lawyer and with Jag about starting a group of military non-custodial parents that fights for our rights as fathers not just pay checks.

Let me know if you are interested. I will also eamil you.

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