Hear Ye, Hear Ye..DEADBEAT DADS>>>

Boy did I get some exciting mail today from my friendly friend of the court. My ex is dragging me into court for being a whopping $2000 dollars behind on my child support. The FOC doesn't care in the slightest that I have been unemployed for over a year (this is Michigan). I have worked my fingers to the bone doing odd jobs and paid faithfully, every month, all that I could for the last year but have steadily fallen behind a little at a time being unemployed. I asked for a temporary drop in payment amount until I could get work a while back and got laughed out of the friend of the court building. They also don't seem to care at all if my children's mom has gotten raises and is taking a lot of overtime at work to make even a larger disproportionate amount of money than I am at the current time. Mind you she has not lost any of her monthly "gifts" from the state (you hard working tax payers) like food, tuition, child care, health care, etc.

Speaking of health care, did you know that part of the child support formula includes health care even if the mom and children have free health care from the state? That's right, I pay her for health care every month even though she gets it for free already. But I digress.

Tucked in with this exciting letter I got today as well was a nice "hunters orange" note informing me that I wouldn't be able to obtain a hunting or fishing license and that the DNR was informed of what a bad guy I am. Now I can't take my kids hunting or fishing? Wow.

I can't wait for this fun day in court that I have to look forward to. They will treat me like crap, insult me, take my money, and try to get blood from a turnip. I wonder if they will threaten to put me in jail. I can earn a lot of money and take care of my children from there I'll bet. All you hard working tax payers would be happy to support my little vacation from society wouldn't you?

Check out this link, from the State of Michigan, as to how much power the FOC has in their efforts to enforce child support.. http://www.michigan.gov/dhs/0,1607,7-124-5453_5528_29251---,00.html . They automatically report to the credit agencies if I fall behind !!(??). Now my credit is going downhill too. Now since our insurance companies can raise rates based on credit my insurance rates can rise costing more money realizing even less available money to take care of my children. Is the entire system a downward spiral or what? The info on that link will shock and scare you. Nothing like big brother having too much power and screwing up more than ever. Take the money I am able to afford to provide for my children and absorb it into attorney fees, higher insurance premiums, more paperwork and court fees, etc. Send as much of my money as possible into the system and don't let it go towards helping support my children. Hmmm.