Build It said:

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Other than garnishing wages or tossing deadbeat parents in jail, what is it you want the State to fix?

They already do those things.

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Send those who owe money to GITMO.

The Fall Guy said:

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CPS and child support in this state is broken. Yes there needs to be a Unit to Audit and clean up.

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Audit what? Be specific

if you create the child, you should take care of it. BUT there should be mandatory DNA testing to find out who ACTUALLY created the squirt.

SociallyConditionedAg said:

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FatZilla said:

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Start by fixing the outrageous Custody and CS system that heavily favors the woman in the first place.

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Yeah, that's also an issue. There are many deadbeat dads but the system is heavily weighted against dads to begin with.

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The system is heavily weighted against non custodial parents period. Many times for no good reason. Which is a separate issue from Mom's being awarded primary residency more often.

Two parents that contribute equally to a child shouldn't have child support. Why does the primary resident parent deserve to get paid for the luxury of more time with the child, when the other parent provides all the same amenities and pays half of the expenses. It's bull*****

AgBQ-00 said:

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if you create the child, you should take care of it. BUT there should be mandatory DNA testing to find out who ACTUALLY created the squirt.

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There is.

Last i heard it was voluntary. Has that changed?

aggieforester05 said:

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SociallyConditionedAg said:

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FatZilla said:

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Start by fixing the outrageous Custody and CS system that heavily favors the woman in the first place.

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Yeah, that's also an issue. There are many deadbeat dads but the system is heavily weighted against dads to begin with.

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The system is heavily weighted against non custodial parents period. Many times for no good reason. Which is a separate issue from Mom's being awarded primary residency more often.

Two parents that contribute equally to a child shouldn't have child support. Why does the primary resident parent deserve to get paid for the luxury of more time with the child, when the other parent provides all the same amenities and pays half of the expenses. It's bull*****

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The expanded standard visitation right now come out to about 55-45 on time. Women are more often awarded primary possession because most divorces involve very young children. Face it, women are more nurturing, especially for young children. It's the parents who failed these children. Don't blame the system.

Kenneth_2003 said:

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Ducks4brkfast said:

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it's been challenging raising her three daughters without the help of their DADS

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Sounds like a personal problem.

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DAD(S)
Plural... Found the problem.

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The pictures on the wall behind her reinforced a certain stereotype…

The Fall Guy said:

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https://www.kxan.com/investigations/central-texas-mom-awaits-nearly-40k-in-child-support-parents-owed-21b-statewide/

Over 21 billion dollars owed in child support in the state. We need a state DOGE unit to clean out the corruption here also.

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When Elon is done in DC...... he can help with his home state as well.

Build It said:

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Other than garnishing wages or tossing deadbeat parents in jail, what is it you want the State to fix?

They already do those things.

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Withhold vehicle registration? Oh wait, paper tags ... that didn't work...

Rossticus said:

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I have a family member who's forced to deal with a deadbeat dad and ex husband. His license and registration is already suspended but it's a small town, so the good 'ol boy network prevails and lets him skate, even when he's pulled over. When he's not too lazy to work, those that will employ him consent to pay him cash so that his wages aren't garnished.

He's a waste of space but putting his worthless butt in jail, while insanely gratifying, wouldn't do anything but cost the taxpayers money unless they're prepared to accept a couple of cases of natty light and a pickup truck as settlement (split between 3 kids).

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yet your family decided to have kids with them?? Why are women always giving a pass

This article fails to mention the most important part.

That females phone number.

I've been in a dry spell and she's a sloot!!! I'd hit it.

I've had custody of my daughter since she was six months old (she's now 11) and have never received one penny of child support, and the judge has never ordered it.

Bet if the roles were reversed I'd be paying.

Standard custody should be 50/50, no child support until one parent shows they can't handle their 50%

I'd be really interested to see if someone did a deep data dive on some aspects of this like parents' relationship when the kid(s) were born.

-Married
-Never married but living together
-Never married or living together

Just from those three categories, what are the rates of outstanding CS? And which type make up the most cases in terms of raw numbers?

FatZilla said:

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Start by fixing the outrageous Custody and CS system that heavily favors the woman in the first place.

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I always thought Justice was blind, until I went through an ambush divorce.

There is a dark, dark side within the family law of Texas that most (including divorcees) never see. This side is heavily favored for mothers and includes attorneys who often collude w the opposing counsel to create controversy and run up bills until you have drained you bank accounts, lose your assets and often lose your job in the process.

There are numerous men who have lost it all, end up homeless w out a job and are still obligated to pay the max child support bc an MSA dictates they do so

Child support in Texas is ****ed. Just another govt entity that exists to pay employees.

1. Zero checks and balances on what child support is spent on

2. Zero consideration of custodial parent income

3. Zero auto adjustments based on non custodial parent income. If paying parents' wages go down, child support does not. Paying parent must file motion and have hearing (6-12 month process)

Martin Cash said:

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aggieforester05 said:

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SociallyConditionedAg said:

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FatZilla said:

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Start by fixing the outrageous Custody and CS system that heavily favors the woman in the first place.

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Yeah, that's also an issue. There are many deadbeat dads but the system is heavily weighted against dads to begin with.

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The system is heavily weighted against non custodial parents period. Many times for no good reason. Which is a separate issue from Mom's being awarded primary residency more often.

Two parents that contribute equally to a child shouldn't have child support. Why does the primary resident parent deserve to get paid for the luxury of more time with the child, when the other parent provides all the same amenities and pays half of the expenses. It's bull*****

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The expanded standard visitation right now come out to about 55-45 on time. Women are more often awarded primary possession because most divorces involve very young children. Face it, women are more nurturing, especially for young children. It's the parents who failed these children. Don't blame the system.

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I don't have a beef with the mother vs father imbalance, because I've never experienced that part of it. My wife's husband got primary by hook and crook using the most unethical lawyer in town. I have no idea what the courts would have done if my wife had an attorney.

My bigger beef is with the child support system and the poor treatment of 50/50 parents that don't have primary residency. Also the deep corruption between the attorneys and industry experts they rely on.

I don't believe the 55/45. My wife had Extended Standard visitation and other than the 10 day periods in the summer, she had about 4-6 days of visitation a month. Some months that can be 2-3 days thanks to the primary's holiday possessions.

The kid doesn't feel like the non primary residency is even their home. It gives the primary residency parent great control if they want to torture the other parent, which was what we've dealt with for the last eleven years. Meanwhile my wife is literally being forced by law to make payments to the killer of her child and can not even tell the story outside of private conversations or to her daughter at all. It's a sick ****ed up system that literally protects narcissistic sociopath child killers.

neAGle96 said:

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FatZilla said:

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Start by fixing the outrageous Custody and CS system that heavily favors the woman in the first place.

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I always thought Justice was blind, until I went through an ambush divorce.

There is a dark, dark side within the family law of Texas that most (including divorcees) never see. This side is heavily favored for mothers and includes attorneys who often collude w the opposing counsel to create controversy and run up bills until you have drained you bank accounts, lose your assets and often lose your job in the process.

There are numerous men who have lost it all, end up homeless w out a job and are still obligated to pay the max child support bc an MSA dictates they do so

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This is correct. Family Law is a small, close knit group of attorneys that all know each other. In most cases, you're only their client once, but they'll have to work with the opposing attorney again. So they act like they're really busting butt for you, but in reality they don't want to do too much to piss off the opposing attorney and they're perfectly content to feign back-and-forth effort to run up billable hours. And they only thing they know how to do effectively is send a bill.

A buddy of mine's "good, Christian wife" cheated on him, and the cheating hoor got the kids and most of his paycheck. Now she gets to lounge around without a job and with her boyfriend on my friend's dime. He's a good guy and would have taken great care of the kids if he had been given custody, which he wanted. Instead his kids get a front-row seat for seeing how good people don't always get what they deserve. The state definitely needs to reform the system.