Custody WAR

[Chrln_little]

She did say that he had either 9 children total or 9 children besides her children. I suspect that what he is voluntarily paying is probably more than what could be garnished from his wages.

Sadly what he is paying is no where near what should be garnished. It is ordered, even with having 9 children, that he pays $484 per month for my children. The the other women get a cut as well. Like I said, he was well off before he got his degree.

 

[Zigner]

Sadly what he is paying is no where near what should be garnished. It is ordered, even with having 9 children, that he pays $484 per month for my children. The the other women get a cut as well. Like I said, he was well off before he got his degree.

There is a legal maximum that can be withheld. If there are 9 different support orders, it's entirely possible that you won't see a dime.

 

[Chrln_little]

This does not even make sense. Support enforcement does not work that way. How long has the support order been in place? And how often have you gone back to ask for modification or enforcement of the order? I would ask to speak with someone about this. It doesn't make sense that they would be afraid of anyone's attitude.

That is exactly what I thought. When all of this child support stuff happened. He had an attorney, I had an attorney, and child support enforcement gave my children an attorney. The order states that the payments are to be garnished from his wages. The court orders we received were 1) the order for child support. 2) A court order for garnishment of $121 per week.

When I called to find out why it was not taken out of his payroll, like it should be. They told me that none of his child support orders are being taken out of his check, and asked why I should be any different. I asked why they were violating the court order. I was told that as long as he is paying something, that they do not want to "stir the pot." They said that in their experience, if a man is paying something, but not the entire amount, that if they instate the court order, they will probably scare him off and he will quit paying and quit his job. I found this very irritating. I have called multiple times.

This order has been in existent for 2 years.

 

[LdiJ]

That is exactly what I thought. When all of this child support stuff happened. He had an attorney, I had an attorney, and child support enforcement gave my children an attorney. The order states that the payments are to be garnished from his wages. The court orders we received were 1) the order for child support. 2) A court order for garnishment of $121 per week.

When I called to find out why it was not taken out of his payroll, like it should be. They told me that none of his child support orders are being taken out of his check, and asked why I should be any different. I asked why they were violating the court order. I was told that as long as he is paying something, that they do not want to "stir the pot." They said that in their experience, if a man is paying something, but not the entire amount, that if they instate the court order, they will probably scare him off and he will quit paying and quit his job. I found this very irritating. I have called multiple times.

This order has been in existent for 2 years.

Please understand something...there is a maximum that is allowed to be garnished from someone's pay, by federal law. If he has child support orders for 9+ children, then its almost guaranteed that all of those orders combined would be greater than the allowable maximum. Which means that whoever had orders first would get their full amount, a second mother might get a partial amount, and the other mother(s) would be SOL. That is the main reason why they are not "stirring the pot".

 

[Chrln_little]

Please understand something...there is a maximum that is allowed to be garnished from someone's pay, by federal law. If he has child support orders for 9+ children, then its almost guaranteed that all of those orders combined would be greater than the allowable maximum. Which means that whoever had orders first would get their full amount, a second mother might get a partial amount, and the other mother(s) would be SOL. That is the main reason why they are not "stirring the pot".

I have the first order. I have his oldest 2 children. None of the other children were born until after the order was already in place.

 

[LdiJ]

I have the first order. I have his oldest 2 children. None of the other children were born until after the order was already in place.

Ok, but you may not have the first garnishment. If another mother got his wages garnished before you did, you could still be one of the mothers who would be sol.