Today, I received my first payment of child support from my estranged husband: $50 and a note that said he wouldn't be paying any more. FML
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Today, after years of waiting, my mom and I finally received a check from Child Support Services. Excited, I opened it up to find a check from my dad, written out for 45 cents. Which pays for maybe half a loaf of bread. FML
Today, my ex-husband stopped paying his child support so when I phoned to threaten him with lawyers, he didn’t care. Apparently, he lost his job months ago and has been paying me out of his savings, but now he has absolutely nothing left I can take away from him. Now I feel bad. FML
Today, my newly ex-fiancé, the father of my 5-year-old child, moved out of state with no warning. I just spent my last $500 paying off his car, and the rent is due tomorrow. FML
Today, I was super excited to receive a large inheritance, maybe put it towards a house and a vacation. To my horror, the entire 40k went to my child support arrears. My psycho ex is the one who wanted those three kids, not me. FML
Today, my husband told me "The only reason I stay with you is because it's cheaper than paying child support." FML
Today, my husband got paid. I checked our bank account and was shocked to see we'd only received $300. I called him, insisting that there was some mistake. He said he'd started a new bank account in his name so he could manage our money on his own, and the $300 was my "allowance". I now want a divorce. FML
Today, I discovered my deadbeat ex-husband will not have to pay child support anymore, because while he sat on CERB the entire pandemic, I was an essential worker, and will be punished for having had an actual income. FML
Today, my ex showed up to pick up our kids in her brand new car. Last month child support doubled my amount because of a paperwork error. FML
Today, we got the bill from our lawyer. She'd recommended taking my common-law wife's ex-husband to court for child support, so we went to court and won. The judge awarded us over $8300! The bill came to $18,000. FML
Today, my husband was served child support paperwork by the couple he insisted on donating his sperm to. When I tried to warn him beforehand, he said I was being a jealous, paranoid, control freak and that it was his decision to help out some friends. We’re already struggling financially. Thanks babe. FML
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ezelisko 1
you should petition the court to obtain his balls.
cjcstuart 7
At least he payed something:/ my dad never paid:/
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Comments (185)
conholio33 28
Depending on where ur from OP the law says he has to pay u child support until ur child turns 18 or older (depends where ur from) so u could take him to court if u wanted to (my opinion and mine alone take it or leave it)
RaquelW 7
it's actually not yours alone, as previous commenters expressed the same opinion.
ballbearing 10
Not so easy, even with a court order, to collect child support. I have seen appriox $500 in 6 years. Good luck with that.
roshae_16 11
File a delinquency notice
MonkeySpeaks 4
Sadly that is a long process and it's difficult for the mother. Kids are expensive - health care, school, clothes, food, the list goes on. I have a friend who is struggling through that and the deadbeat dad keeps rescheduling court dates, elongating the process. It's a very stressful situation.
TheDrifter 24
Yeah, some places can drag it right out. Here you can only drag it out for six months before the parent with custody can get an enforcement order and garnish your wages, regardless of pending court dates.
wildthang428 10
I'm assuming you didn't go through the courts and just made a "verbal agreement" with your ex. File for child support through the court (it's free for the one who files in some states), that way he has to pay according to how much he makes/your child needs/what you make/etc. For most states, if he doesn't pay up after a certain amount owed is reached, the state will automatically take his tax return... If needed they will start taking it out of his paychecks. They do it for me (I'm in PA). Check what your state does in regards to this matter. He created this life with you and that child is as much of his responsibility as it is yours.
Airman1988 9
Although in this case the system should def bring it to this lousy father, in many cases they order support but don't enforce it very well. In my experience I've seen many flaws in the system across the board, for good fathers and good mothers. You get the amount of justice that you can afford, aka the lawyer you can pay for. Beyond that they dont fight very hard for you. Took me over a year to get the court to enforce their dna testing order on my ex for my daughter, despite her skipping court repeatidly. The only reason they ever got the test done is she finally brought our child in herself....cause she wanted child support now go figure. kept me from my daughter a year but now I get to pay her back support for that time. The courts havent a clue what justice is or how to enforce it.
wildthang428 10
I do agree with you on that. There are cases and in some states where they really don't care all that much to enforce it like they should. That sucks you had to go through that! It's a shame when the father actually wants to take part in their child's life and ends up getting the short end of the stick. There will always be "bad cases" unfortunately, but I think a lot of the larger more populated states tend to enforce it more than others.
Birdie_Sage 0
50 bucks of love!
SkittlesPhotos 0
Are u an idiot???? Children are expensive!!! $50 isn't enough!!!!!!!! He claims he's not paying anymore!
roozer 3
time for a lawyer, they take child support out of paychecks now, if he doesn't pay he goes to jail. nice to see how much he cares about his children... douche!
Aug1508 9
Crank that child support!!!!
KaelaKhaotic 5
Get the authorities involved. He needs to step up and pay.
cheefer 0
All my exes live in Texas, that's why I hung myself in Tennessee.
perdix 31
It's "that's why I HANG MY HAT in Tennessee." Makes a big difference, doesn't it?
sadistic_chemica 0
Yay court system, works wonders!
Airman1988 9
Don't start that gender dissing crap just because of 1 case of a poor father. Lots of fathers step up to the plate all the time and get no recognition at all, and don't expect it. Lots of mothers use their children as pawns to use or hurt the fathers and are never brought to justice. There are bad mothers and bad fathers, bad women and bad men. I am one of those good fathers that deals with a mom who tries to keep me away and use me for money, but I certainly don't assume all women are vindictive and evil. Stop being so narrow minded and stereotyping all men together cause its not fair nor accurate.