Child Support

[kdog]

Geez! I really DID hit it lucky!

When my second wife and I separated, I was living in a trailer in the woods and living off of frozen burritos and ramen noodles. Every other penny I got I was giving to them for their support. The little missus allowed as how that just wasn't enough, and took me to court for child support.

The court figured out what I owed by the books, and as it turned out, it was less than 1/4 what I had been paying directly to her. the judge so ordered, and they took it directly out of my check and sent it to her themselves, so no bookkeeping headaches on my part - I just saved my check stubs showing how much I paid each pay period, in case the courthouse blew up or burned down or the records were otherwise lost.

So when we got out of the courtroom, the first thing she said was "But you can still keep giving me what you have been, right?" ROFLMFAO! I replied "Nope. You just took me to court over it, and the judge has spoken. I can't go against court orders!"

And that meant I suddenly had enough money to feed and entertain the kids when I had them.

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Yeah, there were a few years that half of my income was going to my kids, even though after my divorce, she was making more then me. 

In the later years, I told them how much I was paying and asked if they were getting any of that money.  Eventually, they did.