Williamson County Provides Care If Child Support Is Collected?

Notice that when he said he was paying most of her bills and was sleeping in his office at work, that neither the judge or child support clerk gave a crap? They only focused on his gross income, but could care less if the ex-wife was working full time or not. If I was him, I’d stopped paying any of her bills and only pay for the child support, otherwise, he is just paying for the other guy’s kids too.

I know his pain. I paid $443 a month for one child for 12 years based off $9 and some change per hour. I lost everything I had, including my house that I was buying, while my ex lived with her mother and refused to work. I also bought school clothes and school supplies. I made sure my daughter always had a good Christmas and birthday. I was responsible for 90% of unpaid medical bills and carried insurance on my daughter. I had to fight for every single minute I got to see my daughter, because her mother refused to try to be civil and get along. I worked every hour of overtime that I could get while her mom sat on her ass and made my life hell . My daughter suffered because of her mom’s attitude towards me. After 12 years, I got full custody of my daughter, after her mom moved a guy in who had been convicted of 2 counts of sexual battery against a two 16 year old girls. After having custody for a few months, I took her mom to court for child support and was awarded $88 a month, which her mom opposed and tried to fight. Some months I recieved nothing, one month I recieved $13, another month $11. She wasn’t paying, so I went to the courthouse to file papers on her mom for non payment. The female clerk asked if she could help me and I said that I was there about my child support. The clerk then preceded to chastise me and tell me that I needed to pay my child support. It took everything I had to turn around and walk out without dragging her across the counter and smacking some courtesy into her .

I did 396 every 2 weeks. My final payment, closing of my case was a celebration I can’t put into words. Absolute horror trying to see my daughter through those years and denial (threats) to be at special moments in her life. She was told by her I was a dead beat dad and didn’t pay support among years of other lies. My daughter was shocked to see all the paperwork and court acknowledgment that I paid all support. Still no relationship with her to this day. She just couldn’t bring herself to believe her mom did all that to her over those years. She’s a mess. Wish her the best and happiness. Hell isn’t hot enough for her mom when her judgement day comes.

This is disgusting. He pays half her bills, gave her a car, gave her the place, but he gets no credit for it. Take not fellas, don’t go above and beyond. The court doesn’t care about you, your kids, or even her. They care about their share of the child support you pay. They’ll be happy to watch you work yourself to death or end up on the streets or even remove yourself from living.

As someone who just last month finally paid my last CS payment, this article is the story of my life. They raise the amount based on some chart factoring in before taxes, before healthcare, before everything. Literally the chart shows his $20 an hour on the side, her $13 and hour on the top, and where the numbers intersect is the CS payment amount. Then they factor in who has main custody and the other details as we just saw. Notice how even doubling his parenting time with the kids only dropped his CS payment by a tiny fraction? Yeah, that’s exactly how it works. Now, if he goes out and gets a better paying job or a second job guess what happens. He gets to pay even more because he changed where he falls on the chart. There is zero benefit for him to be a more active parent because there is hardly any savings. The system is designed to force him to make more money and be less active in his kids lives. I’ve lived through this. The only way to get any balance is to not have a car payment, meaning buy a beater car and learn how to fix it yourself with only liability insurance. Live in the cheapest place you can find which having a beater car will aid in living someplace not so safe. Have the slowest internet you can. No home phone, get a prepaid cell phone, no cable TV, and eat as cheaply as you can at home. Zero entertainment for yourself. For two kids I paid $731 a month which then got raised to $971 a month when it came time to review. It was raised even though my pay stayed the same and hers went up $5 more an hour.

Once a child is school aged, the custodial parent should either be obligated to get a full time job, or they should stop receiving any support. The court should take all payments and appoint someone to buy the child’s clothing, activity fees, etc. Children should teceive medicaid and food stamps, but able bodied “stay at home” parents should not, once the child is in school full time. Home schooling should only be allowed by qualified people, with more than high school educations. We’ve got to stop allowing ignorant, uneducated buffoons to stay at home and sit on their butts collecting benefits and child support as a profession.

Fathers always get shafted by the government. My buddy has his son from Sunday night until Friday night, pays for his daycare, insurance, schooling as he has special needs, all his clothing and other needs. The mother pays for nothing, has him for 2 nights a week, and he is forced to pay $275 a week CS. He spent over 20k the last few years in court fighting for full custody. She is not allowed to be unsupervised with her son due to neglect and ongoing drug issues. The school department has filed DCF claims against her 4 times for the son showing up to school smelling of weed and being lethargic (reason he has his son 5 days a week). Yet the court still suggests the mother should have placement. The court system is a complete joke when it comes to father rights.

After spending years to get my ex through college, she left me and our three kids when I came home from work with an injury that would put me down for 6 months or more. She still won the court battle and the child support battle too. The best day was the last deduction from my paycheck for child support, that really never did what it was designed to do.

From the judges tone/demeanor you can tell he doesn’t care about this guys situation AT ALL. Doesn’t care about fairness or justice, just how to award more money “to the kids”. He even states she is on medicade and financial support from the State/Government…so why not the obvious questions: “You are an ‘in home healthcare worker’? How are you getting 18-hr/week of work and at ONLY $13/hr?”

There was a guy who got 50/50 custody by working nights and sleeping while kids were at school but would be with them during the days when they weren’t in school. He found it easy to get a babysitter who was happy to get paid cheap to mostly just sleep in the same house as the kids and only occasionally get up in the night with them. He eventually got primary custody when mom had to work more as his obligated alimony payments stopped after 18 months and she couldn’t afford her lifestyle without it and the courts refused to extend alimony or reduce his custody so she could get child support. The main way to not have to pay child support or at least not as much, is to be with your child(ren) as much as possible. If you already spend lots of time with your kid then the courts rule it’s in the best interest of the child to keep spending that time with the father and will generally grant custody to maintain the amount of time the parents spend with the child. The real problem is when the mother makes it impossible for the guy to be with his kid leading up to their day in court and the courts are like: “🤷‍♀️ it’s in the best interest of the child to maintain their current relationships”🤦‍♀️

This is a good example of why you get a lawyer. This guy droned on. No wonder the judge and the lady didn’t get it. They got confused because Carl wasn’t fully clear. A good lawyer would have cut through the bs and Carl would have had a better outcome. Don’t try to represent yourself. You may get shafted.

I currently pay 1395+ medical insurance and 50% of medical bills for one kiddo. Never been an issue. However she graduated early and will be 18 in February, and all the sudden I get paperwork saying they want to raise my cs to 2680 a month, and extend it through college years. NeverMind the fact she has a full ride scholarship and I bought her a brand new car as a reward for her hard work. AND I’ve ALWAYS paid for her school tuition and extra curricular as well as all school supplies and clothes. Now I have to look like the a$$hole and fight it. 7 months before it all supposed to end.

You guys are heroes Uncoverlinks. Making the world a better place, for real!!! I love the evidence after the access to win my child’s custody. Does the FBI have a department doing something like this as well? If not, have they asked you guys to train people and teach them? Even if this idea is out of your hands I’m convinced they should acknowledge this issue and take action. I get so pissed off when I think of people are being cheated by those they love with all heads…!!!!

This poor guy. I never had my ex husband’s income reviewed. It was automatically reviewed 15 years later when our first daughter turned 18. That took a whole year to process. Until it was final we agreed that I would give half the support to our 18 yr old daughter. Then when they final approved it his support was more for one kid than it was for two because his income had doubled. I felt bad but man it was a huge help. He wasn’t upset at me but just shocked. Cheers to the parents who get along.

I can say that I feel for this man. Myself was in the exact same situation. I was paying $400 per month for 2 kids, I got every other and split holidays. The review came up and they used my pay stub which happened to be my highest of the year. My pay was 50% hourly and 50% based off sales so not guaranteed. Mom had a nursing degree but was electively not working as she was remarried. The difference in income, mine being calculated way higher the reality and she not choosing to work, increased my payment too $1125 per month. I was clearing $80 per week for myself to pay my bills. Fast forward 2 years as it too this long going through an attorney, had to resubmit the paperwork showing my actual income and calculating her income based off median income made for those of her degree got it reduced back down to $600 some. The whole calculation the state uses for this is really unfair and in my opinion shouldn’t have an automatic review. If the parents made an agreement and all things remain koshier between them, the State should mind their own business. Rant!!! I apologize. It’s such a sore subject to me.

Help me understand. Some people think that child support for two children at 400 a month is enough? Feeding, clothing, laundry detergent, soap, gas in the car to get them to and from school. Extra school activities i.e. football and band are expensive. Eating out, movies, vacations to round out a good life for your kids. Most mothers have the kids 90 percent of the time. And the more people the home the higher the utilities are a month.

Why are they pushing every other weekend when he’s saying he takes his 2 every weekend for Saturday to Sunday, that’s the same as Friday to Sunday every other weekend. And it doesn’t sound like he’s making more now the way he is talking. Kudos to dad that he’s trying to spend more time with his kids as is.

This is why men are not getting married. The deck is stacked against us. One quick question, how much child support is her ex paying for the other kids? If he’s paying $900+ for 2 how much is she getting for the other 3? I understood from this that she’s getting assistance to boot. If you want to know why she’s only working a specific amount it is to keep her assistance up and running. She’ll never work extra so she can keep it. There needs to be a way to make sure that the money is spent for the kids only.

This is sickening.. Man forced to pay beyond what it cost to take care of 2 children each month, while the mother works less and collect government assistance. Now he has to get another job to make ends meet and that will take time away from spending it with his kids. And then when the case gets reviewed, they will increase his child support because they will add the two job’s income. Its a lose lose situation

Women like his ex are the reason I stay single. Watched my brother go through this same crap for pretty much 12 years. And the screwed up part was that his wife cheated on him and he caught her. But yet, the state still took his kids from him and gave them to her. And this is a woman who slapped her daughter across the face in front of friends and family for asking for a potato chip, after which, she gave the chip to the dog. This woman let my niece suffer eight hours with a broken arm until my brother got home from work. My brother had no idea anything happened until he walked in the door. This woman spent that eight hours sleeping and telling my niece to quit being a baby and to suck it up, that it was just a bruise. YET, she still got no punishment, ruined the relationship between my brother and his kids. The courts in this country are backwards and it’s disgusting. Oh, and the final thing. She didn’t use ONE bit of child support for the kids either. She spent it on stuff for herself. Fancy stuff, a new jeep, starting a home business, and other things. All while my brother worked 40+ hours every week with rarely a day off, living in a small, crap $350 a month apartment.

Knew a guy that had 1 kid, wife wanted home extensions that cost $200k so guy was doing extra o/time to manage it. When the home was finished she asked for a divorce, took the house & hooked up with electrician that did reno work but he still had to pay child support while moving out and renting yet she didn’t work. System is so screwed up.

Thanks for showing this, this helped men to realize the high risk having kids or marriage. A government paper doesn’t make your wife never leave for any reason. I never heard anything about the women. If she’s applying for Medicare and food stamps while father is still in kid’s life, what makes her qualify of being a parent? The reason why courts are 99% for women is because 75% prisoners come from single mother households. No prisoners means no money for the courts. I thinks that’s why court system are bias against fathers. Women are emotional and can change their minds at anytime even if you talk and agree on something in the past, they always back track as part of their survival instincts.

You cannot get “credit” for paying her bills, phone, mortgage, insurance, etc. Child support is about parenting time percentages, and income. Even if she married a very rich person, that dad here would still be paying that same amount unless parenting time and income of the actual parents changed. But, he could have simply NOT paid all that stuff. Crazy that if he doubled his parent time it only dropped eighty bucks. Also, he could have asked for her to be ordered to work full time, or that the court use a full-time calculation. The whole process is agonizing, and very often abused. That said, he seems like he’s trying. He could have requested a “seek work” order, and a “full-time” calculation. Usually, they will force the dad to “seek employment” but almost never moms. Also, they’ll calculate “earning ability” on dads, but almost never moms. Thus, females can live off of child support, but dads cannot get out of child support. Moms can allege “disability” and provide zero documentation but dads cannot. Parent Alienation Syndrome is common by moms against dads, because courts automatically “believe all women” as if women are more honest, or better parents.

This is exactly why child support should not be “mandatorily” relegated to the system…. the “system” doesn’t have any leeway for specific situations, even when both parents have in agreement a satisfactory support amount ahead of time. It’s criminal for the “system” to be the “authority” in these situations 😒 Take note: that’s not the same as a situation where both parents are not in agreement. That should be the ONLY time the system assumes authority 😒

6.) “I guess your child support went up because you make $300 dollars more per week than you made the last time the order was run” that’s only $800 per week which is only $3,200 per month PRIOR to taxes, insurance benefits etc being taken out, so the court now declares half of the new income earned goes to the children which is fine only if the same is happening with the custodial parent aka the mother. Think about it, if she is getting an increase in money from him AND he is taking care of his obligations associated with medical etc that would mean she should no longer qualify or even need the additional state assistance right? Why is she not being forced to go out and find/do more work to bring in income so that she is no longer in need of public assistance? Why are the additional 4 children’s fathers not being tallied the same? And if they are, this circles back to the original question which is is why is she allowed to continue to live off of public assistance while also not applying herself to the work force even half as much as any of the fathers of her children? 7.) The Judge then admits “He does not know if her income status has changed or not” so how do you know about his? Why is the fathers income the ONLY income that matters if the children have 2 active parents? The Judge then also begins to do what we all know family court systems are actually designed to do which is, cause disfunction between the parents. I say this because the judge states “Well she got the same order you got in the mail, did you talk to her” as if she had the ability to put a stop to what the court decided they wanted to do, the judge clearly stated because she is in public assistance programs, it AUTOMATICALLY triggers in the system for them to go after the father for some sort of financial assistance going towards her and the children so this was done without her knowledge, this was done without her asking, but now you want him to go and work something out with someone who did not request this in the first place which will then just lead to disfunction between the two because she has the kids to be concerned with and he’s bringing drama to her attention that she is not even aware of, concerned with or wanted in the first place!

You choose to have 6 kids and you choose to work 18 hours a week at minimum wage. That’s absolute BS that anyone should have to pay more because you want to be lazy and collect everything you can from the system and all of the fathers. You know she’s getting food stamps and medical and now all of the child support as well. She’s choosing to keep this lifestyle purposely…he is doing exactly what he is supposed to do and was also helping her out- even gave her the vehicle to keep…🤦‍♀️

I got divorced when my children were 1, 3, and 5. Their mother never paid one cent in child-support for the 17 years that she should’ve been. My children should’ve had more than I could give them, but Hawai’i and Ohio allowed her to just disappear without having to provide any support at all. Courts and liberal maternalistic judges are far too lax on women and far too unforgiving on men.

CRAZY how the mother with a job of a teenager so she doesnt have to get less payments, on assistance or money is considered a better full time parent than the man working and earning a living. When men do well for themselves they get penalized. Its a hustle against men. If you need child support you are not the best for the children.That means youre struggling.

I paid child support for years my X got with another man who had 3 boys she abandoned my / our two girls to me and begged me not to make her pay child support and i told her and her man to keep there money and stick it were the sun don’t shine and my girls seen how there mother really was …… i love my girls so much they are my life …..

I raised two as custodial father from 5 and 7 til 18. She was given an order for 48 per child at the divorce trial and I was never given a penny more with all the requests as allowed for reviews. Plus her employer issued her vacation checks with only one week removed, eventually that was 6weeks with one week for child support. Every year I followed procedure to recover that to no avail. Just lost weeks. Every time I called FOC I was passed from woman to woman having to explain custody to each one as I was passed around to sometimes 5 or 6 different workers. Never had any results. To make it all the more an insult. She overpaid on the oldest by 6 weeks in their minds so they seized the youngest check for six weeks to make it up to her (?). Nevermind the 39 weeks she never paid because her work never took it from her check. Plus she was supposed to medical insure them and never did. ( I did that) Try being a man receiving child support. I raised them in good manner and dressed and schooled well. And never doubting they are loved. Both have very good lives as adults. I didn’t need her drunkin influence but was required to give standard visitation. This guy here is being railroaded by supposedly equal female culture.

Bro your lucky. My son came to live I.y home in 2014 and turned 18 in 2021. He does not attend college. Not only did I continue to have income deduction they garnished my income tax Now I have zoom court on the 19th of tjs month because I am supposedly 4000 behind. Although I been paying only arrearsges past few years. And paid 8800 two years ago. In florida the only way for me to address court is to hire private attorney. Now they cannot argue with facts. They can look up school records from the middle school in Alabama he attended in 2014 while living g I. My home. They should retro act the support amount but I am in florid so I doubt it

Crazy how US courts calculate child suppirt! In Canada, child support starts at $500 per child per month doesnt matter how low your working income is. There are no freebees or 2 for the price of one! Custodial parent income is not included, overnight stays not included. Child support goes by income according to court chart rates, usually last years tax statement is used as proof of income. Healthcare premiums not included in calculation, some provinces have no monthly premiums, other provinces its capped and affordable. Interesting difference, A home health care worker makes $22+ an hour with full benefits. They have to be certified (trained at college level, nursing assistance) and a criminal record check clearance. Run by government agency. Courts dont care about “hardship” on non custodial parent, it is what it is! Only 498 for 2 kids, he got off easy! 2 for the price of one!

Judge is very responsible. That AG representive only wants to stick it to him. The father just needs to know his rights and consider moving closer to the kids so he can get more parenting time and pay less. Never let the AG office calculate your rates. Know your rights….. It’s based on net after medical. Get your kids off public assistance. Carry them on your insurance.

Never wanted kids. Didnt have kids, though many past girlfriends tried to change my mind (told them from the beginning fatherhood was never in my life plan…and ended relationships when it was apparent they wanted kids). I will never be involved with a single mom. Because of this, I chose to be alone, and i still dont regret it. Finding anyone past 50 with no kids is pretty much impossible

Child support doesn’t go to the child it goes to the state as the fed matches the state up to 66% of what they collect annually which goes to pay for the salaries of those who run child support and the courts in general. It doesn’t matter how much you make it matters how much they want. Chid support is all based on contract and if a woman wishes to file they gotta pay 25.00 to do so which makes them a customer and they provide a man’s information and sends the child support agency after anyone named. It’s a racket and the woman can be sued just like the child support agency for rights violations. It’s a scam to make the government bigger at the expense of the people. Suspending peoples drivers licenses putting people in jail and making them Destitute over being poor they make it a crime to be poor it’s time to get educated and sue these bastards to oblivion.

I can’t stand this “judge”! I was before him several times after I took on my niece.. his rulings are ridiculous! He ordered the bio mom to only be responsible for payment of child support at $15 a week because she didn’t work and if she went back to work at minimum wage and had to pay daycare for her latest few kids she would only be obligated to $15 a week. I finally was so fed up I offered for him to raise my now 5 kids $15 a week to raise them all. No response! My current husband was before him many times (excused to work at courthouse prior to their marriage-divorce) and was brutalised! It took years for the truth to come out she was friends with the judge and getting very favourable treatment! It all sickens me!

Told my woman way before we had kids that if she ever took my child etc I would end it for her. If she wants to go then go but you mess with my child you wont do it twice. I told her if she cannot understand that then best she move along. She said she wouldnt blame me and we have been happily married many years.

My husband paid more in child support for 2 kids than the price of our monthly mortgage. And then when the kids began working, driving etc she charged them rent… must be nice to not have to lift a finger to support yourself. Thankfully after 15 yrs of us paying for her cushy ride in life the kids are adult and she has to make her own money like the rest of us 😀

Dude I been through this for yrs but the courts go upon gross. Plus 3 yr no change just cause in court papers does not make it legal plus courts go by the worksheets. But the judge can alter a agreement if need be I had this happen to me. If your ex has a degree etc. Then she can be held accountable for this such expectations as in income etc. But can’t make a 100% change without the update and said ex wife’s income etc either.

I think BOTH parents should be responsible financially for their kids…. But this is so sad for him! I make 40k. I bring home only $1132 every 2 weeks after tax. I don’t even have insurance come out of MY check. This poor guy is giving 50% of his income. Wow! He should be given credit for all of HER bills he’s continued to pay.

They don’t care about your other bills. I said the same thing. Of course my child support is more than his $925/month. Oh…and the mother of my kids got a credit for having other kids under age 18 in her house. That “credit” was actually a deduction from her income which increased the amount I was expected to pay.