queenmeow
02-23-2006, 07:05 PM
Hello, I'm here trying to see if I can get some information that I can pass along to my son that might help him out. I've been trying to do some research on the internet for him because he doesn't have access and have found a few things but it's very confusing and I don't know if it's very helpful or not. For a bit of a background, when he was younger, he made quite a few mistakes and has paid the price for them and has really done alot of growing up and really made a turn around with his life which we're all proud of. He had a daughter out of wedlock and that relationship didn't last, then he had twin daughters in another relationship that didn't last. He's been with a wonderful woman for several years who has made a world of difference in his life and they have a son together. She also has 4 other children. He literally doesn't have anything besides his clothes, can't even afford an apartment or a car but he does have a job and pays his child support for his daughters. Sad to say...he had a great relationship with his first daughter for the first 2 years of her life, she was daddy's girl (she's 6 now) and then her mother decided that she didn't want him in her life anymore and he hasn't be allowed to see her or even know where she lives now, just knows she's still in Indiana. Same thing with his twin daughters...when they went to court for child support, both the mother and the grandmother told him that they didn't want him having anything to do with the twins and he hasn't been able to see them for 3 years now. The twins mom has written him letters twice...first stating that she wanted permission to take them to NC so she could go to school...then 4 months later...another letter telling him that they were moving with her mother to Nevada...and that too didn't happen. Now...after 3 years...she called him at his job...and wants to go back to court...sounds like she wants more money, and some other issues taken care of. Plus it sounds like she wants him in the twins life now and wants him to *buy* this and *buy* that. I've talked to him before about seeing about going to court to enforce visitation and he has contacted legal aid in the past but they said they can't help him. He can't afford a lawyer. It seems like he's in a *catch-22* situation. I feel so bad for him. He's trying so hard and is paying his support faithfully...isn't behind or anything and can't get any answers or help of any kind. After they take out taxes and support from his check, I think he's lucky if he has 150 bucks left to live on for 2 weeks and out of that he takes care of his son. I'm battling cancer, live several thousand miles away and don't have the money to help him out or else I would in a second. If anyone knows of a *loophole* or anything that he can maybe just be able to talk to someone to get some guidance or something, I'd really appreciate the info. It just irks me to see some people who just turn their backs and run...then when there are ones who struggle and try to turn things around and do the right thing...they just get kicked back down again. Thank you for your time in reading this. :confused:
love it hate it
02-23-2006, 08:15 PM
Hello, I'm here trying to see if I can get some information that I can pass along to my son that might help him out. I've been trying to do some research on the internet for him because he doesn't have access and have found a few things but it's very confusing and I don't know if it's very helpful or not. For a bit of a background, when he was younger, he made quite a few mistakes and has paid the price for them and has really done alot of growing up and really made a turn around with his life which we're all proud of. He had a daughter out of wedlock and that relationship didn't last, then he had twin daughters in another relationship that didn't last. He's been with a wonderful woman for several years who has made a world of difference in his life and they have a son together. She also has 4 other children. He literally doesn't have anything besides his clothes, can't even afford an apartment or a car but he does have a job and pays his child support for his daughters. Sad to say...he had a great relationship with his first daughter for the first 2 years of her life, she was daddy's girl (she's 6 now) and then her mother decided that she didn't want him in her life anymore and he hasn't be allowed to see her or even know where she lives now, just knows she's still in Indiana. Same thing with his twin daughters...when they went to court for child support, both the mother and the grandmother told him that they didn't want him having anything to do with the twins and he hasn't been able to see them for 3 years now. The twins mom has written him letters twice...first stating that she wanted permission to take them to NC so she could go to school...then 4 months later...another letter telling him that they were moving with her mother to Nevada...and that too didn't happen. Now...after 3 years...she called him at his job...and wants to go back to court...sounds like she wants more money, and some other issues taken care of. Plus it sounds like she wants him in the twins life now and wants him to *buy* this and *buy* that. I've talked to him before about seeing about going to court to enforce visitation and he has contacted legal aid in the past but they said they can't help him. He can't afford a lawyer. It seems like he's in a *catch-22* situation. I feel so bad for him. He's trying so hard and is paying his support faithfully...isn't behind or anything and can't get any answers or help of any kind. After they take out taxes and support from his check, I think he's lucky if he has 150 bucks left to live on for 2 weeks and out of that he takes care of his son. I'm battling cancer, live several thousand miles away and don't have the money to help him out or else I would in a second. If anyone knows of a *loophole* or anything that he can maybe just be able to talk to someone to get some guidance or something, I'd really appreciate the info. It just irks me to see some people who just turn their backs and run...then when there are ones who struggle and try to turn things around and do the right thing...they just get kicked back down again. Thank you for your time in reading this. :confused:
he needs to file for visitation for each child, if hes paying support then they are in the system and can be found. also he needs to file for a modification and see if they will reduce it due to him not being able to live with such a small income, he doesn need a lawyer to file. states vary but since he has another child that may make a difference.