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In reply to the discussion: Change On Federal Benefits Payments Could Leave Child Support Debtors With No Income [View all]emilyg
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Change On Federal Benefits Payments Could Leave Child Support Debtors With No Income [View all]
Purveyor
Feb 2012
OP
So many people do not know or understand the formula thing, different than in the Good Old Days
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#25
Knowing how it goes, you probably spent it on something for yourself or your new boyfriend rather
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#104
Many states have net worth caps, making it impossible to have 4k laying around.
Sirveri
Feb 2012
#61
"Child custody & child support decisions should be made by a panel of people who work in family..."
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#116
No - there are no options when you are unemployed and can't find a job
proud2BlibKansan
Feb 2012
#18
I hear your pain brother. When my wife divorced me I negotiated a 50% no fault settlement with my
Monk06
Feb 2012
#68
Thanks brother and hope your situation improves in the future. Father's parental rights are getting
Monk06
Feb 2012
#109
They are still adults though who dont deserve to be stepped on by a system thats lacks common sense.
cstanleytech
Feb 2012
#62
I know of few, if any, women who are "better off financially" after a divorce, even with child
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#26
You don't need an attorney to get child support modification done. There are formulas and he can
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#24
Baloney back at you. I move away and filed via mail with the state. So did my ex after he moved to
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#83
He is in arrears from yrs ago, never paid, and now will go to jail, yet you feel bad because he
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#86
This is beyond crazy - NEVER go to court on something this important without a lawyer
AngryAmish
Feb 2012
#91
People saying they can't afford lawyers should just leave the child support order
treestar
Feb 2012
#99
Yep--It's called being a deadbeat parent. He doesn't need a lawyer to modify his child support.
msanthrope
Feb 2012
#85
I feel sorry for all the real people caught in this STUPID dualism of good kid/bad dad
saras
Feb 2012
#5
SSI can NOT be seized, what is being discussed is SS Disability and other federal benefitsi
happyslug
Feb 2012
#50
another example of the total bankruptcy of the "nuclear family" concept
bread_and_roses
Feb 2012
#31
Seriously? Paying for housing, food, clothing, expenses for the child doesn't cost much? Seriously?
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#40
I'll say fuck the deadbeat parents, of either sex. Child support is for the child, no matter who
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#43
Same way I went to court myself from 1000 miles away. I filed through the mail.
uppityperson
Feb 2012
#107
Most states that can be done, but some states, especially older cases, NOT True
happyslug
Feb 2012
#119
By no possible logic is this sustainable, your "choice" is not one. It is toxic for society.
TheKentuckian
Feb 2012
#117
If the non-custodial parent dies of starvation or freezes to death, that doesn't help the kids.
Nye Bevan
Feb 2012
#102