Tuesday, December 06, 2005
GIFT COULD HELP FATHER SPREAD CHEER TO CHILDREN
According to a December 5, 2005 article in the Post and Courier: "George is raising his 6- and 4-year-old sons alone after his recent divorce. Because of complications from an eye disease, George has lost 90 percent of his vision and no longer is able to work. Trying to make ends meet as a single parent is challenging as it is, but the added stress of being nearly blind is more than George can bear."The article goes on to say, "George is struggling to make ends meet, and his greatest concern is that he cannot afford to give his children any Christmas gifts this year.
Your donation to the Good Cheer Fund can give George's family a happy Christmas and a joyous start to a bright New Year."We wish George and his sons luck. But we also wonder why the Court has not ruled George's ex-wife in to Court. Surely she was ordered to pay child support. Could it be that the Court never heard of the concept of "Deadbeat Mother?"
According to a December 5, 2005 article in the Post and Courier: "George is raising his 6- and 4-year-old sons alone after his recent divorce. Because of complications from an eye disease, George has lost 90 percent of his vision and no longer is able to work. Trying to make ends meet as a single parent is challenging as it is, but the added stress of being nearly blind is more than George can bear."The article goes on to say, "George is struggling to make ends meet, and his greatest concern is that he cannot afford to give his children any Christmas gifts this year.
Your donation to the Good Cheer Fund can give George's family a happy Christmas and a joyous start to a bright New Year."We wish George and his sons luck. But we also wonder why the Court has not ruled George's ex-wife in to Court. Surely she was ordered to pay child support. Could it be that the Court never heard of the concept of "Deadbeat Mother?"
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A reader who wishes to remain anonymous has this to say:
"There is perception amongst attorneys who practice primarily in Family Court that the Court is harder on "deadbeat mothers" than on 'deadbeat fathers.'
Personal experience - mother has children by two different fathers. One father has custody of his child, and the mother is required to pay support for that child. Mother has custody of her younger children, and their father is required to pay support for those children.
Father of younger children ceased paying any and all child support in January of one year. Mother contacted her DSS child support enforcement attorney, who asked the court to quickly rule the father into court. Being suddenly thrust into being the sole support of her younger children, placed a financial hardship on the mother, who then had to get a second job, but was unable to make the February support payment for her absent child. The Court issued a rule to show cause on the mother on March 5th, and by working two jobs mother was able to become current with her child support obligation by the time of the hearing.
The Court did NOT issue a rule to show cause on the deadbeat father (who had a history of failing to pay child support and was $12,000.+ behind) until June. "
"There is perception amongst attorneys who practice primarily in Family Court that the Court is harder on "deadbeat mothers" than on 'deadbeat fathers.'
Personal experience - mother has children by two different fathers. One father has custody of his child, and the mother is required to pay support for that child. Mother has custody of her younger children, and their father is required to pay support for those children.
Father of younger children ceased paying any and all child support in January of one year. Mother contacted her DSS child support enforcement attorney, who asked the court to quickly rule the father into court. Being suddenly thrust into being the sole support of her younger children, placed a financial hardship on the mother, who then had to get a second job, but was unable to make the February support payment for her absent child. The Court issued a rule to show cause on the mother on March 5th, and by working two jobs mother was able to become current with her child support obligation by the time of the hearing.
The Court did NOT issue a rule to show cause on the deadbeat father (who had a history of failing to pay child support and was $12,000.+ behind) until June. "
We are concerned anytime that the Court allows anyone to get $12,000 in arrears regarding payment of child support. And we do not understand how this can happen, though we know it does. It seems to us that some of the money that is being forfeited in drug seizure cases could be utilized either to hire more Sheriff’s Deputies to find parents who are behind on their support or to transport inmates to their workplace so that they could catch up on their arrearages. Instead, it is being utilized for other purposes. Sheriff Nash of Dorchester County, for example, used some of his drug forfeiture money to buy a plane. He uses other discretionary funds to pay a minister to administer to the county inmates.
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