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A Beautiful and to the Point
Letter
Reprint - Letter to the Editor,
The Trinitonian, April 22,
2005, San Antonio, Texas
Dear
Editor,
Your
April 15 article, “Former
rushing champ pays for child,”
said that Ricky Williams,
former running back for the
Miami Dolphins, was ordered
to pay $4,200 per month in
child support for his son.
If
my math is correct, this will
equal $50,400 per year.
Also, if my math is correct,
according to calculations
from the 2004 US Department
of Health and Social Services*,
this is approximately the
poverty level for a family
of 10 in Hawaii, where the
mother chooses to reside.
Certainly
both parents should support
their child. But it is figures
like these that show the Child
Support Industry is totally
out of whack. The concept
of 50/50 shared parenting
would bring a much needed
dose of realism to a misandric
legislative and judicial system.
Justice
for fathers is not found in
family courts; this must change.
Don
Mathis
Most of
us agree that the child support
system is very wrong. Take
for instance my case when
I got divorced. If $20,000.00
of the ex's income is to go
towards day care, well then
my judge gave her another
$20,000.00 on top of that.
Basically my ex is not supporting
my children, all she is doing
is letting them sleep in the
house. My income is roughly
750.00 before taxes. Of that
I must pay $334 per week for
child support. Another 75.00
per week for day care. and
if my children go to camp
in the summer which they do,
I must pay an additional 1/3
for the cost of the camp.
which this year it came to
3200.00. then I must pay 1500.00
(500 per child) in clothing
allowance on September 1st
and December 1st. Oh and the
house that we owned together,
when she sold it. I had to
pay not only for my divorce
lawyer, but hers as well,
and she was the one who wanted
the divorce. All this the
judge gave her because he
once practiced law in the
same firm as her lawyer. But
you figure out the math. I
am forced to live on a meager
existence of around 75 dollars
a week. Thank god I have
a girl friend.
Fathers are carrying the entire
financial burden of children
and more. This is NOT equal
rights for women!
Elmer
Stratton <ebstratton@comcast.net>
wrote:
Disabled for the
last year, unable to get
a doctor to clear me for
work, a year of no income
and finally getting disability
of 846 dollars a month.
So
this puts me behind about
6, 000 dollars in support,
the mother and her lawyer
id demanding 1,000 dollars
by Tuesday or they will
ask the judge for jail time.
I
made the mistake last month
of borrowing 1,000 dollars,
but now there isn’t
any way I can come up with
any money, most of my family
know it would be next to
impossible to repay, But
the mother thinks 30 days
in jail will produce 1,000
dollars.
I’m
really thinking of not going
to court Tuesday, so I can
spend the holidays with
my family, but couldn’t
with my youngest, because
the mother would have me
arrested.
Not
in the next few weeks my
5 year old will have her
tonsils removed, and there
is no way I can help her
through this.
It would
be nice if all available
people could protest the
court, mother and her attorney,
because I feel they would
be right if I was eligible
to go to work, but I’m not.
People
often say you can’t get
blood from a stone, but
the court will surely try,
Also
finally after 8 month my
motion to modify will be
heard but not before going
up about 3,500 dollars,
no way can I believe the
court will agree to it retroactive.
Elmer
ebstratton@comcast.net |
