chemommy25
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Its been a while since I asked for any advice on here.
Last june I filed for Custody and child support of my now 19 month old son. I had my first court date in January. My son's father showed up for that one. He requested mediation because him and I couldnt agree on a custody agreement (go figure). A week later was the mediation. He got married and moved to Texas about two days before the mediation. So he didnt go to the mediation that he requested. So we had to go to another court date in march. Again he didn't show for that either. So i was awarded Sole custody of my son and a set amount of child support. The courts decided he should pay back child support from the time i filed lat june. To this day he has not paid for ANYTHING. i dont even think i have heard from him since January. He is pretty close to being around $4,000 behind on his Child Support. His father talks to him around once a week and says that My sons father always calls from a restricted number. Which i believe because he is a coward. I have no address for him. no phone number. nothing. I know the reason he moved to Texas was in hope of not having to pay for TWO kids in Maryland. But how long will the courts let this go on for? How am i supposed to find him so the courts can atleast send him the court papers? I don't know where to start. I have tried to call The child support enforcement agency, but all they do is transfer me around and talk alot of gibberish saying they will get back to me. i just need some financial help from my son's father and i don't know where to start so thay can atleast start garnishing his wages, or atleast penalizing(sp) him for not paying his child support. Arent they supposed to take his license away or put him in jail or something? If anybody has any information on where i should start or what i should do to get him to start paying his child support.I dont evenknow where he is. I mean i have done everything i think i could do. i have been to court. i have paid EVERY court cost. he has not shown up but for one court date. As of right now i have spent hundreds of dollars just trying to get him to take care of his son. and still i get nothin. please let me know. Thanks in advance.
Last june I filed for Custody and child support of my now 19 month old son. I had my first court date in January. My son's father showed up for that one. He requested mediation because him and I couldnt agree on a custody agreement (go figure). A week later was the mediation. He got married and moved to Texas about two days before the mediation. So he didnt go to the mediation that he requested. So we had to go to another court date in march. Again he didn't show for that either. So i was awarded Sole custody of my son and a set amount of child support. The courts decided he should pay back child support from the time i filed lat june. To this day he has not paid for ANYTHING. i dont even think i have heard from him since January. He is pretty close to being around $4,000 behind on his Child Support. His father talks to him around once a week and says that My sons father always calls from a restricted number. Which i believe because he is a coward. I have no address for him. no phone number. nothing. I know the reason he moved to Texas was in hope of not having to pay for TWO kids in Maryland. But how long will the courts let this go on for? How am i supposed to find him so the courts can atleast send him the court papers? I don't know where to start. I have tried to call The child support enforcement agency, but all they do is transfer me around and talk alot of gibberish saying they will get back to me. i just need some financial help from my son's father and i don't know where to start so thay can atleast start garnishing his wages, or atleast penalizing(sp) him for not paying his child support. Arent they supposed to take his license away or put him in jail or something? If anybody has any information on where i should start or what i should do to get him to start paying his child support.I dont evenknow where he is. I mean i have done everything i think i could do. i have been to court. i have paid EVERY court cost. he has not shown up but for one court date. As of right now i have spent hundreds of dollars just trying to get him to take care of his son. and still i get nothin. please let me know. Thanks in advance.