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- From: merce@xenitec.on.ca (Jim Mercer)
- Subject: Re: Making child suppo work - was: PARENTS REALIZING CHILD SUPPORT
- Organization: XeniTec Consulting, Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:21:47 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.002147.22634@xenitec.on.ca>
- References: <1992Nov20.174806.21427@oneb.almanac.bc.ca> <1992Nov23.173048.10215@xenitec.on.ca> <1992Nov23.184925.1987@oneb.almanac.bc.ca>
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- In article <1992Nov23.184925.1987@oneb.almanac.bc.ca> kmcvay@oneb.almanac.bc.ca (Ken Mcvay) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov23.173048.10215@xenitec.on.ca> merce@xenitec.on.ca (Jim Mercer) writes:
- >>please remember that NCP (non-custodial parents) can be women too.
- >
- >No argument there.
- >
- >>also be aware that sometimes the NCP with-holds support because the CP
- >>is with-holding access. of course, the NCP looks bad because they are
- >>not paying their support, but not much is said about CP's with-holding
- >>access.
- >
- >In my daughter's case, this is not remotely correct - she has consistently
- >provided access when requested, and I applaud her for that.
-
- your daughter's case is one in thousands. are there statistics that show that
- NCP consistently don't pay their support?
-
- it is unfortunate that in divorce, the child/ren get treated like assets.
-
- the NCP must pay to meet there end of the upbringing of the child/ren.
- the CP must allow access to the child/ren.
-
- >>>Legal Aid, which will help the husband avoid supporting his ex and children
- >>>for nothing, won't help the wife collect on outstanding court orders - the
- >>>case I know of involves back support in excess of $15K, and absolutely
- >>>_no-one_ will help her collect it.
- >
- >>Legal-Aid also helps the CP impoverish the NCP who probably makes too much
- >>to qualify for legal-aid.
- >
- >In my daughter's case, the ex makes enough to support a comfortable
- >lifestyle, while my daughter is having a very difficult time. Legal Aid will
- >not provide assistance _in any case_ to enforce maintenance orders - period.
-
- there are not a small number of NCP's who have a difficult time too.
-
- i, for example, supposibly make a comfortable living.
-
- after paying rent, loan payments and support, i barely have enough to buy
- food. clothing is going to be sheer luck. entertainment is courtesy of
- friends, which i will lose soon if i keep leeching off them.
-
- the loan payments are for the entire matrimonial debt, which i am paying
- off because i "make a comfortable living" and she was just working parttime.
- she is now full-time, but i can't get the amount changed without incurring more legal fees.
-
- i can't get legal aid, because i "make a comfortable living".
-
- before you get upset about "all" those non-paying NCP's, please think about
- what your actions are going to do to those who are paying.
-
- my ex and i are amenible, we talk, i don't begrudge her the support,
- (although i would like to address the debt thing). if all of a sudden
- i am to be lumped in with "the deadbeat dads", i am going to be very upset.
-
- this is akin to saying that all men are potential rapists.
-
- the fact that a man can rape (not pay support) does not mean that they
- will rape (will not pay support).
-
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