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Tue, 04-18-2006 - 9:19pm

is a witch... or is it a ... hmmm...

I really can't celebrate outwardly at home, but have to share my news. I have been extremely frustrated with the Office of Child Support Enforcement here... even though I filed in June of 2004, I've had very limited contact with them at best, and haven't even received a full month's child support, if you add up the two (measly) amounts I've gotten since this time last year... I'm about $200 shy of a regular month's payment with what I've received since the end of March last year...

Last Friday, I had the day off and figured, what the heck, I'll call the statewide Customer Service number, and see how it goes. It is tough because xh is in another state (LA) and they are the enforcing state, but my goal on Friday was to get GA to light a fire and see how it spread...

So, today, I'm surprised by a phone call from our local District Attorney's office (since he's out of state, that is who I've had to file with)... they advise that LA attempted to serve xh with contempt papers on March 24, at the address on file. They cannot verify the address on file is his, though, because the house is in his fiance's name and he doesn't have ~anything~ in his name. They were advised that he does not live there. Now, this is the address where I send things to xh from Joey and I've never had anything returned... it is also the address from which child support checks used to come, before I had everything go through our respective states...

LA is aware that he is a New Orleans police officer and are doing the employment verification at this time. I was also advised that they have currently suspended his license... which makes me laugh in a sad way... he's an officer with a suspended license... maybe he can give himself a ticket...

But here's the good news... I will be receiving money at some point in the (hopefully) near future... the CSE office was able to verify that I will be getting xh's tax refund... now, if he's filed taxes... which he has or I wouldn't be getting the refund, can't they confirm his address using his tax forms??? hmmmm... It will be a substantial amount... about 3/4 of a year's worth of support... I was hoping that when xh said last week that I would be getting it he was telling the truth, but I don't trust the man (nor has he given me any reason to trust him...), so it was great to get that confirmed!

Anyway, I just wanted to share... I'm hoping his employment verification comes back soon and that CS starts becoming much more regular... My last payment was just over $100 in November... Keep your fingers crossed!

Julie

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Registered: 09-02-2004
In reply to: momtojoeybear
Fri, 04-21-2006 - 2:10pm

Before he got his license my son was talking about some friend of his who had a fancy car and had wrecked it three times in 6 months and her rich daddy kept on fixing it. I sat him down and very seriously said, Promise me you will never ever ride with that girl. He laughed, but promised.

My kids' HS is HUGE, about 5,000 kids. Every year, it seems, some student is killed or hurt badly in a car wreck--it's just statistics. But it seems to bring it too close to home for me.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
In reply to: momtojoeybear
Fri, 04-21-2006 - 2:58pm

My son saved money for years to buy a car.... so he's got his hard, earned cash invested.


Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~

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