New York State and its rediculous child support enforcement laws
by Snellby@hotmail.com
(Florida)
I'm a father of a 17 year old daughter.
I have been paying support for my supposed child for 17 years.
At the beginning her mother was ordered to get a paternity test done and never did and i never pushed the issue, I accepted the child as mine and didn't look back, my mistake!
Recently I moved to another state because I lost my job,
I make half of what i used to so i filed to have my support reduced to compensate.
My daughter got Pregnant at 15 years old (unknowing to me)because they tried to keep it a big secret,so she had the baby and she's a great granddaughter.
My 17 year old daughter is now a mother and was asked to leave her mothers house because the support was reduced, so she came to live with me and my wife.
We got her going to classes to get her GED and had her a slot saved for her for nursing school after she passed her GED test.
My daughter decided to quit going and left my house and returned to New York to live with her mother,I found out a few days later why.
She got pregnant AGAIN before she moved in with us and didn't want me to know.
So she will have a second child before she turns 18.
She has taken on the responsisibility and actions of an adult and nothing i can do or say about it.
New York State says i have to pay support to her mother till she's 21 or living on her own or working full time or married.
WHY? She's not going to finish school, or get married or get a full time job because her mother promotes her actions and encourages it because she has 8 kids by 7 different fathers.
My daughter said to me her mother tells her "Men are good for 2 things, Sex and Money and you won't have to work if you get enough child support.
Why should I have to continue support payments if i have no contact anymore with my child or her mother.
She obviously is a 2 time mother and in my reality makes her an adult by default.
So Why am I supposed to take care of an adult when she has no reguard for her own actions or for her childrens welfare?
I just don't understand the logic behind New Yorks overbearing support laws, I feel so much animosity toward that state for the unfair laws, because i know if the role was reversed and her mother had to pay they would drop it.
Something needs to change because I shouldn't have to be responsible for her Past 18 if she decides to become a parent not only once but twice now!
I need help and legal advise!