Child support different judge ruling story.
Attorney says,
About a year ago, I had a case where the father of a child born out of wedlock was ordered to pay child support, about $500 a month. And he paid that child support for about 4 months until the parties got married. In other words, he married the mother of the child. At that point, he stopped paying child support. Well, move forward 10 years and they are getting divorced. And guess what, child support office now comes after him for all of those arrears, over 50k worth of back payments, even though he was married to the mother during all that time. Well, that case when to court, and guess what, the judged rule that he in fact owed that money.
Well, move forward a year. I have another case, very similar to that case where the father was ordered to pay child support. Paid it for a little while then the parties got married. Then they got divorced. And the child support office came after him for that entire arrearage. But in this case, we had a different judge. And this judge decided this case on the principle of equity and fairness instead of strictly on the law. Very interesting because the cases are almost identical but the outcome were polar opposites. One judge followed the law and the other judge followed her feelings, her heart.
Child support different judge ruling for same cases
She knew it would be unfair to saddle that guy with that much child support when he had been living with that mother, married to her, and raising that child. It is a very interesting contrast. But it goes to show you that many times, who you have as a judge makes all the difference in the world. Judges are human. Some judges will rule one way, other judges another. In these particular cases, the judges ruled completely opposite.
Comments
Pervy says,
After the divorce the courts made us live with our mom, and my dad paid child support every month never missing once. Years down the line we choose to live with our dad instead. And she never paid a dime in child support, though my dad was just happy he had us and didn’t care for getting any child support as he already built himself back up from losing half of everything from the divorce. My mom on the other hand squandered everything.
Now she’s living with a literal drunk that doesn’t work with a breathalyzer lock on his truck. Mom has to support the boyfriend. We and our dad are doing awesome career-wise with him remarrying to a new wife that to me I love as if she was my real mom. My real mom was the stereotypical woman who literally had everything she could ever want, but found reason to tear it all down thinking she deserved better thanks to being easily influenced by her single mom friends.
inquizative44 says,
I know of a woman who was collecting so much child support, that she openly admitted, that she was receiving too much. She knew it was ruining him! As in, she knew he couldn’t pay his rent, bills, etc… She literally had to give him the money back so he could do things with their child. Oh, and using a child as a “pawn.” That warning is fruitless. Many modern-day mothers could care LESS about abusing and traumatizing their children.