Rita
Private,#2Consumer Comment
Mon, February 20, 2006
>Every year when she finds out that he gets a raise due to his rank, she takes him to court for more money. > This is not true. Friend of the court will only review child support orders every three years, raise or not and only on request. If however, the payer has a drop in pay, he/she can request a review of the lesser income coming in, in an effort to have it lowered at any time. Some payers don't want to mess with the paper work but all it cost is something like 20 bucks for the friend of the court to look over ones earnings and make adjustments. Yes, surly this woman is having the support order reviewed every 3 years and there is no fault there with that. Adjustments should be made when they are due. I've known people that have asked their bosses to hold off on giving them a raise until after the friend of the court does their requested review. That is hardly fair to the child/children but it happens all the time. In the end, this isn't about who did what. It's about putting food on the table for someone that didn't ask to be here.
Gail
Chesterfield,#3Consumer Suggestion
Mon, February 20, 2006
Hello, your complaints have nothing to do with CPS. These are child support concerns that are handled through the Friend of Court. There is more to the story with the first letter- just because a child uses your name doesnt mean that you are legally responsible for them or financially responsible for them. And, even if someone moves to another county, it doesnt mean that the process starts over again. The Friend of Court case remains in the original county and if a person moves they have to continue dealing with the original county. It sounds like the ex wife with the bi racial child is moving from county to county and applying for welfare in each county. Just because the woman moves doesnt mean that each county will try to get support from the "alleged father". If your husband did not establish paternity legally on this child, he is not obligated to pay anything for him. In a case like this, the tax payers of Michigan have to pay since there is no known father.
Art
Sophia,#4Consumer Comment
Tue, May 10, 2005
My brothers ex-wife left him for another man while they were in Germany. She left with the 2 girls. Then she came back and "dropped them off" and told him she was going out for groceries. She never came back. She found out he was being sent back to the States and she "decided to help him out by taking the girls ahead of time and when he got to the states, they would try to work everything out. He let her take the girls. She moved to Michigan and as soon as he landed and got off the plane, she had him served with divorce papers and custody papers. She gets a huge child support payment each month. They didnt take into consideration that the money he was getting for off base living and he wouldnt be getting that at his new base. THEY didnt care. It was considered income. Every year when she finds out that he gets a raise due to his rank, she takes him to court for more money. She has her own business but lies to the courts about "how much she pays herself". (Most of it is "under the table") My new sister in law called the girls to see how they were doing, the ex-wife got on the phone and told her not to call back ever again. Well, my brother is oversees in Afghanistan (spelling) and this how she reacts. Shouldnt she be glad that somebody cares enough to call. She divorced the man she left my brother for, they have a child together and now she has moved onto another man. Be careful,,, she might be coming for someone in Michigan, if so RUN!!!!