PLEASE HELP THE SINGLE PARENTS...
by SAMANTHA BOYD
(AUSTIN,TX)
I'm a custodial parent and I must say that the laws in Texas are more favorable to a parent that is on government assist vs. a single mom that has to take up 2 jobs-to compensate for the absence of financial help from the NCP. My daughter is now 13years old and the TX AG office has done nothing! When she was 2 years old, I gave them his SS#, address, ph# .etc and he was now just set up on WW last year. He went into hiding and took jobs that paid him under the table. The AG office does not pick up the phone to call him, his parents, relatives or anything to see why I had to get on Government assistants due to him not paying child support. All they do is send them out letters and tell me to call them back within 30days for a follow up on the case. Not once has he or any other NCP served time in jail as the laws say he's supposed to. I think if we actually enforced the "contempt of court" order and actually put these men in jail...the single parents would have some sort of leverage and more of a guarantee on collecting the child support vs. waiting until the NCP is collecting IRS refund or SSD. Can someone help us single parents?