Should be in "Real Men" thread

[wdfifteen]

The wheels of justice turn slowly, but they sometimes turn. After many continuances and a lot of stalling somewhere in the legal system, the judge made a ruling on the demand to lower the POS's child support payments. Payment was raised from $200 to $350/month per child retroactive to the date (over a year ago) that the mom had to quit her job to care for the dying child and a guardian ad litem was appointed to check up on the dad's parenting. Maybe the best part was the judge's 1 1/2 page statement on the POS nature of the father that totally reamed him out and included, "Unfortunately, being a poor parent is not against the law in this state."
Now we are waiting for a ruling on his second demand, this one was for no child support and half-time custody. Based on the first ruling he might lose custody all together and have support raised again.

[GH85Carrera]

Ain't it grand when a plan comes together.

Sometimes justice does prevail, but it seems to always be slow.

I heard of a similar POS dad that was claiming near poverty and wanted the child support payments lowered. A little digging found his storage unit with a new Corvette and Harley. They were seized and sold and the dad was put on probation and ordered to do community service for many weekends.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

The wheels of justice turn slowly, but they sometimes turn. After many continuances and a lot of stalling somewhere in the legal system, the judge made a ruling on the demand to lower the POS's child support payments. Payment was raised from $200 to $350/month per child retroactive to the date (over a year ago) that the mom had to quit her job to care for the dying child and a guardian ad litem was appointed to check up on the dad's parenting. Maybe the best part was the judge's 1 1/2 page statement on the POS nature of the father that totally reamed him out and included, "Unfortunately, being a poor parent is not against the law in this state."
Now we are waiting for a ruling on his second demand, this one was for no child support and half-time custody. Based on the first ruling he might lose custody all together and have support raised again.

Nice to hear that the system works, and kudos to you for helping to support this family.