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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Top comments
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)
DayWalker8686 4
Take his ass to court
catmcross 7
Take it to court and get more. They'll make sure you get everything and make it impossible for him not to pay. obviously you're better off without him tho, he's so stupid that he wrote a note that breaks the law...
MidnaLink 35
I doubt he can legally do that
jessesgirl_10_4 1
take his to court, order a wage withholding and theyll take it out ofvevery paycheck he gets.
linkinpark98 24
I; You'll see better days, OP.
perdix 31
You ought to invest in having a couple of thugs rough him up a bit. That will work a lot better than casting your fate to a bunch of overworked, underpaid bureaucrats with bad attitudes. A few bitch-slaps while being instructed to "pay or else" in infinitely more effective than a piece of registered mail.
effedml 5
***This is the ONLY thing that works***
avoidthegirl 6
I'd send him a note back that simply said: "Two words: wage garnishment." What a ******* dick. Just because your marriage didn't work doesn't give you the right to abandon your kids. That's not a man - that's a pussy ass bitch.
TheDrifter 24
On the other hand their failed marriage shouldn't give her the right to live at his expense for two decades afterward. Sure, half of the child's expenses should be his, but child support payments these days are rediculous.
AmbrosiaWriter 17
We get it. Canada sucks. Get off it already, this was NOT in Canada. This was in the USA.
xgetxbentx 13
...so take him to court? As long as he has a job they will garnish his wages do it comes out of his paycheck automatically. Even if he doesn't have a job, that way if he ever gets one he will owe you money from all the months he missed. Fyl for having a shitty ex as your child's father, but don't forget that you have options to MAKE him pay.
ctlnaaia71 8
Very simple: sue his ass for child support, that way, he has to pay every month, if he doesn't pay, he goes to jail. Now, if he goes to jail, please don't go to visit him, ok?
moo_like_acow 6
I agree with #56. That would work much better than a court date. And it would make you feel oh so good at the same time.