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Wayne County Friend Of The Court I pay child support for children I support ripoff Detroit Michigan
I too am like Darryl, am a victim of Wayne county friend of the court. I have three children 19, 17, and 15 in 1988 when my oldest son was born he and his mom was on welfare. I was trying to do the right thing and unlike so many other people I know I admitted to welfare that I was is father and began to have money taken out of my check two years later my youngest son came along and two years after that came my daughter, and child support continued until 1994 when I was termenated from my job at the restaurant.
for the next thre years I was working on a property that I had bought fixed it up and got my family who also had stop recieving benefits in 1997 every since then I have been arrested four times and spent the night in jail just to talk to a ref the next morning who in turn calls my kid's mother- who lives in my house, where I pay the bills, and the kids lunch money, and the car that their mom drives. to find that she does not want to hold me liable for support, then they let me go.
After being released I tried to get court dates to have evrything that I owe for those years they were recieving assistance. That was not at all effective in fact the Prosecutor I spoke to was so rude to me and my kid's mother and threatened to put me back in jail if I didn't have money to give her right then.
So in all my children were on welfare from 1988 to 1997 and I know I do owe maoney for that; however I paid the support required from '88 until '94 from my payroll deductions and in '97 when I morgaged my home I gave FOC $7500 to make up for the three years that I did not pay, just to get back in good standing with FOC. as it stands now I owe over $75,000 and I don't believe the welfare pays those type of benifits over the course of three years so as for now I am throwing money into a bottomless pit and the balance is still growing and there is nothing that I can do about it.
I just had to stop working at a job because Foc was taking half my check leaving me with just enough money to pay for gas to work I am in school and one day will be making descent money once I recieve my degree in Criminal Justice.
If there is anyone that can help with the bullie that we also call Friend of the Court you can contact me We men have to stick together and get some type of understanding from FOC and make it so that we can pay a certain percentage out of our checks so that we can live and make it to work and pay something. because now that I quit my job childsupport can't be taken and know progress can be made for the system or my family.
Micah
Detroit, Michigan
U.S.A.
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S
Detroit,Michigan,
U.S.A.
Any money owed to the mother can be waived.
#2Consumer Suggestion
Tue, July 03, 2007
First as the FOC for an account statement, so that you know what is owed to whom and also if support is still being charged.
Any arrears owed to the mother, she can forgive. To do so..If support is not currently charging each month, you two can go to a "Consent Hearing" at the FOC and waive those arrearages. Hearings are on Wed, Thur and Fri. Starting that 8:30 am. It's a first come first serve.. with limited number of hearings per day. So get there early... You both have to attend the hearing.
Afther the consent hearing, you will be left with arrears owed to the State (welfare). You can file a Motion for a Payment Plan. Basically, you are stating you are willing to get on a payment plan to repay the State, but you don't earn the type of money to pay the State back in full. You are asking that you get a payment plan for 2 years or so, at a speific amount each month ( you get to offer an amount based on your ability to pay, be honest as the State doesn't have accept your offer) then after you successfully complete the 2 or so years, the State agrees to waive the balance owed to them. This only works if you really don't have the means to re-pay the State. The State reviews your motion and will either agree or disagree with your request. If the State agrees, you make your payments, then at the end of the plan, you file another motion to discharge the balance owed to the State.
If there is still support charging each month, you will need to file a Motion for a Hearing Before a Heairng to request that support be stopped, basically because you and the mother are living together. You want to include request that any arrearages owed to the mother be waived. You can also ask to set an amount to pay each month to repay the State. The difference between this and the payment plan motion, with the referee hearing, the referee can't give you a payment plan. Only the State can agree to the payment plan, through filing the Motion for a Payment Plan.
Hope this info helps.. If you have any other questions, let me know..