Correct..even in Canada it doesn't end at 18 as long as they are in school....21 is the end game.
Child Support
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purgoose10
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One of my drivers has 3 kids to pay support on. $975.00 a month. SC has a scale and it doesn't make any difference what you make. Pay or jail. Problem is I've never heard of anyone going to jail. I might also ad he's a very hard worker who lives mostly in his truck and sometimes on holidays stays with his mother and spends what little free time he has with his kids. At least he has room in his C/Van to haul the kids around.
as long as the person that has to pay communicates they seldom jail anyone..it is when they run and hide and no job.....the state pays the parent anyhow....so the kids are not out any money....just the taxpayers...
purgoose10
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They might do that in Canada but SC does not pay if the father cuts and runs. They will get food stamps thats all.
nope..the kids never have to do without.....some guys are still paying back the taxpayers long after the fact......
676 weeks for me, I wish I had a light to see
from Mi myself, but how does it work if your in arrears? thats how mine was when it started, i change jobs or laid off and arrears gets worse.
I lived in nj and there they can take up to 60 % of your gross so the less u make when u go to court thats the best way to do it, they go by your tax return,at the time i filed i was making 6.80 an hr every 2 weeks after taxes i brought home 97 bucks so i got a part time job making 10.00 under the table but i worked 80 plus hrs a week between them when she found out she tryed to get part of that also she could not or the court could not prove that i was working the second job so i won.
After 1 yr i went to the law library in town its free now u can do it on line and i had it modified make sure when u file your paper workthat u list every expence u can just as she did, i was paying 152.00 per week i got it adjusted myself with a lot of leg work and some filling expenses to 82.00 per week i spent the rest on my kids because then i could afford them every other weekend. I the quit the 6.80 job kept the part which went to full time and a raise she then could not get the free lawyer and we all lived or at least i did happly evea afta.
After 1 yr i went to the law library in town its free now u can do it on line and i had it modified make sure when u file your paper workthat u list every expence u can just as she did, i was paying 152.00 per week i got it adjusted myself with a lot of leg work and some filling expenses to 82.00 per week i spent the rest on my kids because then i could afford them every other weekend. I the quit the 6.80 job kept the part which went to full time and a raise she then could not get the free lawyer and we all lived or at least i did happly evea afta.
Old, but good joke!
For all you divorced fathers complaining about child support payments; quit whining and consider yourselves fortunate that your legal obligations end when the last child turns 18. If you are counting down the time until that day arrives, you are probably not too involved or concerned with that child other than your child support payments. Kinda like mortgage/rent, utility bills, truck payments, insurance and Q.C. fees.
As a married father of two children and one grandchild and I can state unequivocally that child support does not end at the ripe old age of 18. I am not bound by any laws to help my children financially, but I do. Silly me!
As a married father of two children and one grandchild and I can state unequivocally that child support does not end at the ripe old age of 18. I am not bound by any laws to help my children financially, but I do. Silly me!
As the name says, they are the friends of the court, not yours, not mine. After I split I gave to my ex $1k every month. When we finally made it to the court, after some negotiations, the court decided: $550/mo. And that was in MI
And now, for a view from the other side: I was divorced in 1980 and the court ordered monthly child support payments for one child in the amount of $50.00. I have no idea what the judge heard [I wasn't there, as he went home to Tx & filed], but I worked a pretty low paying job and couldn't even afford the payments on the car he left [because his license had been revoked for years after multiple DUIs]. When it got repoed, I couldn't get to work - no buses outside central New Orleans.
I managed, somehow, and he continued to pay that $50 every month to the court until the day she turned 18. Never a penny more, but still, I consider myself fortunate. Because he [and his drinking] didn't ruin our lives, and she is now a wife & mom herself, and a nurse, and a terrific person, too. BTW: I encouraged both of them to maintain some kind of relationship, but first he couldn't be bothered, and now, she can't. Life isn't always how we hoped it would be.
Whatever it costs, your kids are worth every cent, and then some.
I managed, somehow, and he continued to pay that $50 every month to the court until the day she turned 18. Never a penny more, but still, I consider myself fortunate. Because he [and his drinking] didn't ruin our lives, and she is now a wife & mom herself, and a nurse, and a terrific person, too. BTW: I encouraged both of them to maintain some kind of relationship, but first he couldn't be bothered, and now, she can't. Life isn't always how we hoped it would be.
Whatever it costs, your kids are worth every cent, and then some.
BigCat
Expert Expediter
Couldn't agree more with moot. If my son needs help after 18 and I can help I will. It is a fathers job.
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You were in the same shoes as my mom. It was not enough. My dad did however raise his payment voluntarily anytime mom asked for it. She never asked for much. She always said that she would rather have us kids than the money (obviously SHE ain't right
). But, it was a decent amount and dad did do his part. He bought us a car each for HS graduation and would have helped with college if we had decided to go at that time (I finished college later in life and my brother probably wouldn't take a chance of being on a campus even today..he hated every single minute of school).I have no sympathy for any penalty put on the father for not supporting his kids. There have been a couple of posts on this thread that I think the father should be ashamed of himself...and in jail. But, with that said..and with Cheri's post and my own mother's experience in mind..I have to say that a LOT of the women I see these days who are recieving child support are abusing it. Grossly abusing it. The courts are awarding way more than is needed to support a child and the mothers are using that money to fund their own personal lives while ignoring the needs of their kids. I have witnessed it many times and i know that others have too.
I fully support "child" support. But I do think that the system needs some control of where, and how that money is spent. Too many times, the child support money is spent by the mother, for the mother...not for the kids.
My opinion.
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I certainly don't claim that all child support is reasonably set, or wisely spent - there are lowlifes in every category of people, including mothers.
I just get tired of the guys who think all women get a great deal on child support, cause that aint true either.
Good people aren't good because the law makes them, they're good because it's how they are. The flip side is that the law doesn't make bad people behave like good people, either. Good or bad, parents will be what they choose to be, regardless of how much money they have or get to do it.
I never had much money, but I was [and am] a good parent.
Maybe the problem is like HOS: one size doesn't fit everyone, but lawmakers don't care.
I just get tired of the guys who think all women get a great deal on child support, cause that aint true either.
Good people aren't good because the law makes them, they're good because it's how they are. The flip side is that the law doesn't make bad people behave like good people, either. Good or bad, parents will be what they choose to be, regardless of how much money they have or get to do it.
I never had much money, but I was [and am] a good parent.
Maybe the problem is like HOS: one size doesn't fit everyone, but lawmakers don't care.
BigCat
Expert Expediter
My neighbor always waited on that check so she could drop her kids with someone and head to the casino. Definately not how child support should be used.
When my wife and I separated for a bit I would go visit and take her to get things my son needed like diapers,wipes and baby food. Also I gave her $100 a week cash for emergency such as he needed a medication or doctors appointment. Not that I didn't trust my wife I just felt better knowing he was getting what he needed. I also helped her when she needed. We are back together now and have been for the last 3 years.
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When my wife and I separated for a bit I would go visit and take her to get things my son needed like diapers,wipes and baby food. Also I gave her $100 a week cash for emergency such as he needed a medication or doctors appointment. Not that I didn't trust my wife I just felt better knowing he was getting what he needed. I also helped her when she needed. We are back together now and have been for the last 3 years.
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Same goes for 'mother': today, my younger [22 yr old] daughter called to ask my advice about something. She doesn't need it, and feels free to ignore it [as usual] but it's nice to be asked, anyhow. Far as I'm concerned, that's a reward for good parenting.
For those of you who dont think the cops wont pick you up think again. Just six months ago I was loading when a driver was arrested. I thought it was a drug raid the way the cops stormed the place. Face down, sperad eagle cuffed and stuffed and only three months arrears.
Do all of us and yourself a favor and pay it.
Bob Wolf.
Do all of us and yourself a favor and pay it.
Bob Wolf.