My quest for child support.

I’ve been trying to get Jasmine’s father to pay child support. He’s never paid any. He said he wants to do it the right way, which means the way that’s going to cover his rear. He won’t even start paying just a little bit to help buy diapers because he wants it to go through the courts so that I can’t come back later and say that he hasn’t paid. Something I’d never do. On the one hand I can understand his position and on the other I know it’s the child that is negatively impacted by his selfishness.

He’s planning on taking out a loan so that he can get an attorney. I think Child Support Recovery may be the better route to go so I asked him to at least look over the paperwork. He agreed to look it over.

He came to my house last week. The first time in 6 months he’s bothered to come see his daughter. Things went well. At least I thought they did. He called me 2 days later and said that he was going to go ahead and get himself an attorney, but for me to do what I needed to do. I have no idea how long that will take and I need some child support now. So, I’ve decided to go through with Child Support Recovery to cover my rear and make sure I get timely support payments.

I have been receiving monthly child support from Lily’s father every month, but several times it has been late. I count on that money to be in her account on time. I have to do some major scrambling and juggling to put food on the table when it isn’t. It is not fun having to call the ex up to find out where child support money is, especially when it is obviously not a big deal to him. So instead of playing that game, with the advice of my friends, I’m going to file for Child Support Recovery on him too.

I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to fill out the paperwork required but it is a royal pain. Not to mention all of the documents you have to provide. I certainly hope it is worth all of the time and effort.