Living Off Support
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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Our laws state that a custodial parent does not have to work until the children are 6 years old or in school. With that said, I want to tell you a story about a deadbeat custodial mother. For privacy purposes I will call the father Jack and the mother Jill.
While Jack and Jill were married, Jill was a stay-at-home mom. When they divorced she did not have a job. She was given custody of their two children. Jack was ordered to pay for medical insurance, all medical expenses, and $300 per week in child support. Over 12 years, Jill has not remarried, she is not working, and therefore does not contribute to any financial support for their children. She lives off of the support Jack pays every week and government programs, food stamps, Medicaid, etc. At one point, their oldest child came to live with Jack. The support should have gone to $0 since each parent had one child, right? Wrong! It was lowered, but only to $200 because Jill still did not have a job. Jill has not tried to get a job. She is perfectly happy living off of her ex-husband and taxpayers.
As far as the medical bills, she has the bills sent to her house, but, of course, did not pay them. They are then sent to collections agencies. She tells the collection agencies to send Jack the bills because he is ordered to pay them. Jack doesn't know anything about the bills until they are already with the collection agencies, which ruined the good credit he worked so hard to maintain.
In my opinion, the support amount should never have been set that high. What the judge should have done was told Jill she had 30 days to find a job after both children were over 6, or custody was going to the father. Since the children would not have anything if Jack did not pay the outrageous amount of support every week, this should be child neglect on her part. Since she has been so unwilling to support her children, she should not have custody of them. Then the judge should order her to pay the medical expenses and child support.
Our constitution gives judges the right to interpret the laws as they please and enforce them as they see fit. This case is a clear example of how "wonderful" and "fair" our judges are. Our laws are blind to race, gender, creed, religion, etc. Obviously this judge missed that part. This judge clearly has a soft heart for women, or at least this one. Maybe she was his high school crush. Maybe he liked her sweet voice. Maybe she reminded him of his own mother. Whatever the reasons, this judge made these decisions, they were wrong and unfair.
You may contact me by e-mail at [email protected] or by mail at 4818 S. Scott Rd., Claypool, IN 46510 with any questions, ideas, stories or letters of support for this child support/visitation petition.
Tambi Manns
Claypool, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
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Our laws state that a custodial parent does not have to work until the children are 6 years old or in school. With that said, I want to tell you a story about a deadbeat custodial mother. For privacy purposes I will call the father Jack and the mother Jill.
While Jack and Jill were married, Jill was a stay-at-home mom. When they divorced she did not have a job. She was given custody of their two children. Jack was ordered to pay for medical insurance, all medical expenses, and $300 per week in child support. Over 12 years, Jill has not remarried, she is not working, and therefore does not contribute to any financial support for their children. She lives off of the support Jack pays every week and government programs, food stamps, Medicaid, etc. At one point, their oldest child came to live with Jack. The support should have gone to $0 since each parent had one child, right? Wrong! It was lowered, but only to $200 because Jill still did not have a job. Jill has not tried to get a job. She is perfectly happy living off of her ex-husband and taxpayers.
As far as the medical bills, she has the bills sent to her house, but, of course, did not pay them. They are then sent to collections agencies. She tells the collection agencies to send Jack the bills because he is ordered to pay them. Jack doesn't know anything about the bills until they are already with the collection agencies, which ruined the good credit he worked so hard to maintain.
In my opinion, the support amount should never have been set that high. What the judge should have done was told Jill she had 30 days to find a job after both children were over 6, or custody was going to the father. Since the children would not have anything if Jack did not pay the outrageous amount of support every week, this should be child neglect on her part. Since she has been so unwilling to support her children, she should not have custody of them. Then the judge should order her to pay the medical expenses and child support.
Our constitution gives judges the right to interpret the laws as they please and enforce them as they see fit. This case is a clear example of how "wonderful" and "fair" our judges are. Our laws are blind to race, gender, creed, religion, etc. Obviously this judge missed that part. This judge clearly has a soft heart for women, or at least this one. Maybe she was his high school crush. Maybe he liked her sweet voice. Maybe she reminded him of his own mother. Whatever the reasons, this judge made these decisions, they were wrong and unfair.
You may contact me by e-mail at [email protected] or by mail at 4818 S. Scott Rd., Claypool, IN 46510 with any questions, ideas, stories or letters of support for this child support/visitation petition.
Tambi Manns
Claypool, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
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