Comments on: Today is Court day…

By: Woman doing research for class

Woman doing research for class — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:03:26 +0000

I doing a research paper on dead beat dads. your story is very similar to many other women. There are so many men that have they units doing all the thinking and they don’t stop to realize how their children are affected by their lack of support regardless of how little. many men think that they can be the “fun parent” and just send the children back to the “strict, boring parent”. I see it with my grandchildren and saw it with my cousin’s siblings. my cousin had 7 siblings, all from different fathers. his father, my uncle, faithfully send his check to the court each month for 18 years; his checks not only supported my cousin and his siblings, but the drug habit of my cousin’s mom too. There’s always that one bad mom in the mix somewhere.

Keep up your fight for what is right. Someday your son will thank you.

By: K

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:02:21 +0000

I totally agree with Joe that it was his doing. I’m suprised he isn’t like the ones I get at my work. I’m a payroll mgr so I see all the child support orders come in. Usually the very first check we start deducting on, the parent (we get guys and girls) quit.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:16:57 +0000

I’m sorry I was so wrapped up in my own shit that I missed this yesterday.

You didn’t send your son’s dad to jail. He did that all by himself.

By: Plays In Dirt

Plays In Dirt — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:42:54 +0000

About the jail time… if he can prove he has work , they will let him stay in a “half-way house” and he can be released to work and then report back.

By: Plays In Dirt

Plays In Dirt — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:41:48 +0000

There was no one to go with me, my parents have always been very wrapped up in their own lives and I think now I wanted to save Eric from the embarassment of having an audience….

Too kind, I know.

By: kat

kat — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:45:17 +0000

I can’t believe his mom would behave like that. Was noone able to go with you? That is something hard to face alone! I kinda don’t understand throwing someone in jail, they certainly can’t earn money in there to pay you. But he needs to learn there are consequences to his inaction too.

By: kat

kat — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:01:11 +0000

good luck, I hope it turns out how you want. I know here, they usually just throw them in jail