It is about time this was addressed. In fact, it's long overdo. I have a friend who paid child support on a son, he never got to see until the kid had been arrested at 16. Police did not charge him with anything and his dad told him that if he wanted to visit to call, it he wanted to meet his half sisters, to call, if he just wanted to talk to call. The son called when he wanted money for a car. HIs dad said, "I'll tell you what my dad told me when I was your age and asked for money for a car. Get a job, earn the money for the car and the insurance." He didn't hear from his son for two more years. His son called he wanted the same amount of money to buy a class ring. His dad asked, "Did you get a job?" The son replied no,. His dad said when you do call me back. But remember I have two other children to support, too. He has never called again. He wanted his Dad to support him financially.Dad was paying twice a month child support and had been since the boy was born. His mother told the boy his dad didn't want him, when in truth, she never showed up for visitation exchange, she forgot, the boy was sick, her car wasn't running. There were more excuses than I can count. He finally just quit arguing. No one was making her show up. She wasn't accountable to anyone. Truth is he would have married the boy's mother. She didn't want that, she wanted the child support.
It is about time this was addressed. In fact, it's long overdo. I have a friend who paid child support on a son, he never got to see until the kid had been arrested at 16. Police did not charge him with anything and his dad told him that if he wanted to visit to call, it he wanted to meet his half sisters, to call, if he just wanted to talk to call. The son called when he wanted money for a car. HIs dad said, "I'll tell you what my dad told me when I was your age and asked for money for a car. Get a job, earn the money for the car and the insurance." He didn't hear from his son for two more years. His son called he wanted the same amount of money to buy a class ring. His dad asked, "Did you get a job?" The son replied no,. His dad said when you do call me back. But remember I have two other children to support, too. He has never called again. He wanted his Dad to support him financially.Dad was paying twice a month child support and had been since the boy was born. His mother told the boy his dad didn't want him, when in truth, she never showed up for visitation exchange, she forgot, the boy was sick, her car wasn't running. There were more excuses than I can count. He finally just quit arguing. No one was making her show up. She wasn't accountable to anyone. Truth is he would have married the boy's mother. She didn't want that, she wanted the child support.
So sad but in the end the children always suffer in these cases.