handy
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Yep, I agree when I comes to family law...men often get the short end of the stick.
However, this is far more the problem of the courts and judges...not the cops.
To my knowledge, in most states...I don't know about all...the child support is not sent directly to the custodial parent...it's sent to the state's child support collection agency and they send it to the custodial parent. So, when a guy is $30,000-$75,000 in arrears of child support payments, it is the state that handles the case. They are the ones that issue the warrants.
This is why I don't have a lot of sympathy for the guys in the sting operation...and the fact that there are women out there who are bilking the system doesn't negate their own wrongdoing.
If a guy who owes child support falls on bad times, he can always go to court and explain why he needs the cs payments lowered...I know this because my brother-in-law had to do this once.
Then again...stand up guy that he is...he also did his best to find another job so that he could pay the full amount...once was working three jobs to do so.
And, he also continued to pay, even after his eldest daughters turned 18, until they left the house on their own. He didn't have to do that...he just did.
My point to all this isn't to brag on my b-i-l...it's to show that, for a guy who is truly working for the welfare of his children...he'll find a way. My b-i-l worked three jobs...Reba's son lived in a car...they did what they had to to man up and support their kids.
Child support payments can add up quickly...I understand that. But, we're talking a minimum of $30,000 in arrears...even at the most generous of support payments, there is a significant amount of months that support wasn't forthcoming at that rate. Months that could have been used to work out a solution rather than stiff their kids out of support.
However, this is far more the problem of the courts and judges...not the cops.
To my knowledge, in most states...I don't know about all...the child support is not sent directly to the custodial parent...it's sent to the state's child support collection agency and they send it to the custodial parent. So, when a guy is $30,000-$75,000 in arrears of child support payments, it is the state that handles the case. They are the ones that issue the warrants.
This is why I don't have a lot of sympathy for the guys in the sting operation...and the fact that there are women out there who are bilking the system doesn't negate their own wrongdoing.
If a guy who owes child support falls on bad times, he can always go to court and explain why he needs the cs payments lowered...I know this because my brother-in-law had to do this once.
Then again...stand up guy that he is...he also did his best to find another job so that he could pay the full amount...once was working three jobs to do so.
And, he also continued to pay, even after his eldest daughters turned 18, until they left the house on their own. He didn't have to do that...he just did.
My point to all this isn't to brag on my b-i-l...it's to show that, for a guy who is truly working for the welfare of his children...he'll find a way. My b-i-l worked three jobs...Reba's son lived in a car...they did what they had to to man up and support their kids.
Child support payments can add up quickly...I understand that. But, we're talking a minimum of $30,000 in arrears...even at the most generous of support payments, there is a significant amount of months that support wasn't forthcoming at that rate. Months that could have been used to work out a solution rather than stiff their kids out of support.