Allocation of CS btwn two mothers

[colson111]

What is the name of your state? MN
My ex-husband my daughters father has another daughter with a friend of mine. I had filed for divorce and child support well before she was ever in the picture. After they split-up she filed for support as well. We were both recieving it for a while, directly taken out of his pay check. (Her more then me, because I never fought for more.)
Then he stopped working for about a year. He is now going to court for back child support and has lost his licence and is being threatened with jail. I am told this is because of the back child support he owes me, since it is more then he owes her, due to the length of time. (He has always been in and out of work.) Now he has a part-time job with a small income. She is recieving support and I am not. Why would this be? Could it be if she is on assisted living? I'm not certain if she is or not.

 

[no$$4us]

2 moms 2 support

I know that cases in which a person gets state welfare of medical etc, they will go after the NCP faster than they will if you have never gotten assistance.
Again I know because a friend of mine was divorced and she did get state assistance. She told me that because her ex had to pay the state back for what she was receiving they would go after him more aggressively than in my case because I never asked for assistance.
You are right about being aggressive as well. Start demanding some things from your case worker, call often and find out how to help yourself and CS as well. The squeaky wheel does get the grease.

 

[bulldogg70]

Awe, and no disrespect but this is the way the game is played. I do not have time to explain how a person with dependency of state welfare would provide the father with a greater risk of paying the state back compared to a non-welfare receiving person however I am sure you are seeing it now. Under the doctrine of "no lesser child" it appears that can only be true under the belief that the state is higher than the child.

They will get around to you at one point in time but who knows how long. Although I do support making someone pay his obligations I do not see how resorting to completely restricting ones ability to do as such as beneficial to the entire picture... it only causes more pain in my eyes.