Asking The Tough Questions 2: Schoolyard Rules

[Jade]

>I disagree with "SOME" of the post by mist and gemini.
>
>"Maybe he needs to think of the millions of kids who wouldn't
>have food to eat or clothes to wear if child support laws
>couldn't be enforced."
>
>i'm the custodial parent and my ex hasn't paid in 48 months
>and owes me around $50,000, I can't get a court date in 9
>months and have spent $9000 trying to collect $50000. You say
>there are laws to collect and enforce, not if you are the man
>getting the support pmts.
>
>
A former female co-worker of mine has not received child support in 13 years.  

The government is doing as much to collect her child support as it is trying to collect your child support.  

She has given up.  She simply doesn't want to fight anymore.

It's not just women who are getting away without paying child support.  

It's not just women that the "system" is ignoring when it comes to child support.

[mistoffolees]

>A former female co-worker of mine has not received child
>support in 13 years.  
>
>The government is doing as much to collect her child support
>as it is trying to collect your child support.  
>
>She has given up.  She simply doesn't want to fight anymore.
>
>It's not just women who are getting away without paying child
>support.  
>
>It's not just women that the "system" is ignoring when it
>comes to child support.


My point exactly. The system is an equal opportunity mess.

Having said that, it's important to realize that it's not 'the system'. There are actually at least 50 different child support collection systems. Some of them may actually work well.