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laundry_queen

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27. Where I live

Tue Feb 12, 2013, 02:36 AM

Feb 2013

(not in the US BTW) you can't just quit your job and then ask for support payments to be some percentage of your non-existent salary. The judge will take into account how long you've worked, what your average salary was, what the local unemployment rate is etc. I have a few friends whose ex's tried to go from 6 figure salaries to pumping gas to claim poverty so they didn't have to pay, and the judges never fell for it. (My ex once threatened the same thing.)

Plus, if some deadbeat decides not to pay, his wages get guarnished. If he refuses to pay still, (quits, tries serial jobs to stay a step ahead of the judge) his driver's license gets taken away. Somehow, the law has to make it NOT worth it for a non-custodial parent to skip out on their obligations.

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Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh: I Can�t Afford Child Support Payments [View all] kpete Feb 2013 OP

Good God man! Grab those bootstraps and pull yourself up! ( n/t ) Make7 Feb 2013 #1

But he is mythology Feb 2013 #26

Is that a legitimate excuse in Illinois? DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #2

Where I live laundry_queen Feb 2013 #27

How about people who are laid off? blueamy66 Feb 2013 #30

Oh it's YOU again. laundry_queen Feb 2013 #32

Go do some laundry. blueamy66 Feb 2013 #34

I've had this conversation with you before. laundry_queen Feb 2013 #35

^== This. GREAT answer. IdaBriggs Feb 2013 #42

+1 obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #40

Does the child stop needing food then? Shelter? Medical care? obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #39

It's like that in the US, too obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #38

Does it vary by state? laundry_queen Feb 2013 #41

Then he needs to take any job treestar Feb 2013 #3

Yeah, right blueamy66 Feb 2013 #31

I don't think Family Court will let him get away with no payments at all treestar Feb 2013 #43

I didn't think he was paying to begin with. Terra Alta Feb 2013 #4

No pity for him. At all. madamesilverspurs Feb 2013 #5

I'm one of those parents you mentioned tavalon Feb 2013 #19

So we're supposed to subsidize this deadbeat irresponsible parent? yardwork Feb 2013 #6

If he can't, pay jail him. Then bill him for his incarceration. Damned if the taxpayer will foot Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #7

bingo!!! rurallib Feb 2013 #14

Thanks for the welcome! :) Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #25

Man, can the tea party pick some losers, or what? sadbear Feb 2013 #8

Ha! He lost his job through no voluntary act of his own (except for his extremist nutjob positions). LonePirate Feb 2013 #9

I would say being a nasty, loud mouthed asshole was a totally voluntary act. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #18

Does the mother get to do that, too? So the children will become homeless orphans? Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #10

There are lots of laid-off people who have Ilsa Feb 2013 #11

Exactly. He needs to be working 29 hours a week at Papa John's n/t arcane1 Feb 2013 #13

Sounds like Joe needs a dose of "personal responsibility" right about now arcane1 Feb 2013 #12

don't they get a pension for the rest of their life? n/t pepperbear Feb 2013 #15

I certain only if you serve for a decade or more. JRLeft Feb 2013 #16

I believe it takes five years before one is vested in their plan. Buns_of_Fire Feb 2013 #45

I do not get this at all tavalon Feb 2013 #17

The only way he paid his child support through 2012 was with taxpayer money! 0rganism Feb 2013 #20

from what I remember, he wasn't paying even then. niyad Feb 2013 #21

= loser underpants Feb 2013 #22

didnt his ex wife and kids stand next to him during most of the 2012 election lunasun Feb 2013 #23

God, WHAT a loser. Zoeisright Feb 2013 #24

. theKed Feb 2013 #28

Get a job, asshole ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #29

YOU LIE!!! Sheldon Cooper Feb 2013 #33

�Joe�s employment has been terminated through no voluntary act of his own" ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #36

As Judge Judy says obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #37

I hear WalMart needs greeters, what's the arthritisR_US Feb 2013 #44