Support Petition
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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Hello. It is me again.
I have received a handful of e-mails from people who do not want this petition to work. They feel that we should just deal with our problems. They think we should write to our government for help with our individual situations and then they will help us. Let me tell you from experience how that goes.
You write to the governor, he passes the issue back to the county office it came from. So you write to the congressmen and senators. They pass it on to the governor who again passes it on to the county it came from. How does this help anyone? It doesn't. That is why I started this petition.
We need the government to step in and make the county offices do their job right. This is not a blanket petition like these people think. It does not say if a person is $20 behind on support they need to go to jail. It does not say if a parent keeps a child home one weekend because the child is busy or sick then they should go to jail.
I have tried to keep everything fair to all. But, there are people in our state who go months or years without seeing their children and, no one will help them. There's people who are playing the system or do not pay any support at all for months and years. The courts are not enforcing the laws to fix that. There's people who have been working at their job for 20 years, get laid off because the plant closes, and they can't pay the support like they have been. They are then unfairly punished by the courts and labeled deadbeats.
People are being treated like case numbers on a piece of paper by our child support division instead of the wonderful people they are. Jail or prison time is not the answer for all cases and, that is not what I am asking for.
Think about this for a minute. One thousand dollars of back support could mean the difference between keeping one's house and living on the streets these days. With the economy the way it is, child support is an even bigger necessity now than ever before. But, those who have recently been laid off after years of working for the same company should also be treated fairly. And, the amount of that support should be fair and reasonable.
I am now taking letters from supporters by mail and e-mail. My mailing address is 4818 S. Scott Road, Claypool, IN 46510. My email is [email protected] This petition has the potential to help thousands of people in this state. Even if this would not affect you personally, you can still help make a difference in their lives.
Tambi Manns
Claypool, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
Hello. It is me again.
I have received a handful of e-mails from people who do not want this petition to work. They feel that we should just deal with our problems. They think we should write to our government for help with our individual situations and then they will help us. Let me tell you from experience how that goes.
You write to the governor, he passes the issue back to the county office it came from. So you write to the congressmen and senators. They pass it on to the governor who again passes it on to the county it came from. How does this help anyone? It doesn't. That is why I started this petition.
We need the government to step in and make the county offices do their job right. This is not a blanket petition like these people think. It does not say if a person is $20 behind on support they need to go to jail. It does not say if a parent keeps a child home one weekend because the child is busy or sick then they should go to jail.
I have tried to keep everything fair to all. But, there are people in our state who go months or years without seeing their children and, no one will help them. There's people who are playing the system or do not pay any support at all for months and years. The courts are not enforcing the laws to fix that. There's people who have been working at their job for 20 years, get laid off because the plant closes, and they can't pay the support like they have been. They are then unfairly punished by the courts and labeled deadbeats.
People are being treated like case numbers on a piece of paper by our child support division instead of the wonderful people they are. Jail or prison time is not the answer for all cases and, that is not what I am asking for.
Think about this for a minute. One thousand dollars of back support could mean the difference between keeping one's house and living on the streets these days. With the economy the way it is, child support is an even bigger necessity now than ever before. But, those who have recently been laid off after years of working for the same company should also be treated fairly. And, the amount of that support should be fair and reasonable.
I am now taking letters from supporters by mail and e-mail. My mailing address is 4818 S. Scott Road, Claypool, IN 46510. My email is [email protected] This petition has the potential to help thousands of people in this state. Even if this would not affect you personally, you can still help make a difference in their lives.
Tambi Manns
Claypool, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
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