I do not understand how the state of Texas can give the rights to a Judge to determine support and set orders to be carried out and the child support office just keeps helping the deadbeat instead of the children. My ex-son-law walked out,he has not had any thing to do with these children medicaly or support,not even seeing them (at the urging of their mom) untill his new wife came along and they had two children and now she thinks she is a better mom andhas upset these childrens' life with in/out court, C.P.S bottom line is dad was order to pay not only support but all the court cost he has caused mom to come up with and he has not paid any thing that was court orderd and just keeps getting letters sent to him saying that he owes more,if he wont pay the first why does he just keep getting by with the next amount? Does a Judges' orders not matter,why doesn't the state back the judge and not the deadbeat, and doesn't the Texas Child support office care that some of these deadbeats are living in $105,000. homes and driving Jaquars and trucks and going on vacations and spending loads on ciggaretts. Who is getting the bad end Mom, Dad, or the children !!!? Texas has some of the most lax laws I have ever seen.
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I think if you non-custodial and custodial parents do not want to give child support to their kids or complain about the system you should not have even thinking about sleeping around or been marry the only ones losing here are the kids...because we can spent lots of time arguing about who is right or wrong we might see that it is a 40%man to 60%women winning. There is unjustice everywhere, so lets make it better for them by working hard together and complaining less....their will be justice some how, some day, but do not worry and try to make it better for your kids.
Jul 24, 2009 Rating
Texas doesn't care. by: Anonymous
My ex lives in Texas and I live in New York. I am a professional that pays my bills, owns my home and has never recieved a red cent from social services. Because my ex stated he was unable to afford support payments, I agreed for him to pay a set amount of $30 weekly in stead of going after 17%.(which would have resulted in $171 a week) The judge questioned my decision, and because I have our son full time, I figured it would be better than fighting. The only stipulation was that it was to be set up as a direct deposit into his college fund. He made 2 payments and has not done a single thing since. It has been 7 years. NYS has contacted Texas and they have done nothing. He is remarried,as am I and I don't want his money, but I think he should pay it to our son as agreed. The IRS did take his taxes one year, because he and his wife filed together but she filed injured spouse and my son recieved $57.00. That was 3 years ago. Really? That is fair? When he was asked to sign off rights so my husband could adopt him, he said agreed if I would agree that the past due amount would be forgiven.(advise from the Support system in Texas) I again, agreed. ONLY to find out that he has moved and changed his phone number.
Jul 08, 2009 Rating
Protection by: Anonymous
I think that you situations are sad but the fact of the matter is that there are women that are abusing the child support system. We all know of the mothers that use their children to get back at an ex spouce becuase he has moved on with his life. Its crazy that there are women that were married and cheated on their husband. In the end parternity test show that the child was not his and he still has to assume responsibilty for that child. It is low down scandelous women like these that have mad the system hard.
Jun 10, 2009 Rating
You ain't seen nothing yet by: Anonymous
Hello I live in GA and I think GA may be worst than TX. The sad thing of it all is the whole system needs an overhaul. It needs to be updated to the fact that more women are having children out of wedlock and more marriages are ending in divorce. The situation I am dealing with is opposite of your situation. My husband has a son that he can not visit and he is paying child support. The child support office continues to garnish his paycheck even though he sends his payments on time every month. Now he is laid off and they are garnishing his unemployment checks. It has taken us a year to get a scheduled court date to fight the child support order. His son's mother quit her job and then went and got on public assistance because she knew we were getting married. Let me ask you, can you afford to take care of yourself and your children without income from the father? Then just walk away. Let him be a deadbeat and raise your children better than that. Hope things get better.
