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BACK SUPPORT

WHAT GOES ON after the children are born, the mate is gone and the divorce is won. Raising the children alone... Years later.

By CarmenJimersonCross-SafieddinePublished 4 months ago 5 min read
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BACK SUPPORT ORDERED DOWN

THE WOMEN IN THE OFFICE HAD RIPPED THROUGH PAPERWORK PREPARED BY THE STATES ATTORNEY like it was toilet paper unrolling from the stall in the bathroom. Simply reading the name on the docket told them their rights were to free the hispanic man on the downside of the divorce ordered child support. The woman supported by the docket was black. She was black as far as they were concerned. And those women seated in the lobby near her... bearing hispanic last names waiting for alimony or child support final draft, were just as bad. They were after something that should not be ordered to pocket money ethnicly allocated for Latina women. The Latina office assistants were highly opinionated, but seemingly secure in their privileged role of processing child support orders from incoming divorce dockets. Other women in line were of varied complexion, caucasian and also seeking conclusion to their newly accomplished marital freedom. That freedom plunged them all into the same unstable world of court ordered income from a mate who demonstratedly negated continued love and compassion already. The State's Attorney and his assistant were nowhere to be found during the full extent of the day's appointed closures for child support. To their pleasure, the office assisting Latina's had full control over the other women's outcome. "Next..." The heavy hispanic accent emitted by the head chica in charge of the group of temporary office assistants beckoned another woman to the next cubicle for help. Unashamedly blurting out for all to hear, "How do we fill thees ...blanca el negra files in two days?" The two laughed before concluding the plan, "Es our hombres... es our dinero!" "Write et es Muareta, Muareta Florez." They stamped both women's paperwork and etched on a new dat of orientation for funds to begin before ushering them back out the door. Then, "Next!" Months later a check came directed through Department of Family services for $25. An explanation accompanied it saying, "Monthly payments will be routed through public welfare for any duration of time for which the custodial parent is enrolled in the public welfare system." Luckily, the "negra" was employed with a department of government for the state she lived in. Many months after that first check for $25 payments were recorded as altered for the fact that the respondent was resideing WITH THE DEFENDANT as his wife. They were being recorded as paid but to his girlfriend who was now claimed as his wife... stepmother of the children. He and she now had an apartment out of the townhouse where she and his children from that first marriage lived for two years.

BACK CHILD SUPPORT is something more austere than CHILD SUPPORT or ALIMONY.

The "how" is easily read: "Filing a Claim for Back Child Support" In the state of Illinois, parents with custody must: Gather proof of expenses incurred before the establishment of a child support order. Present this evidence to the court. The court will evaluate and determine an appropriate amount for retroactive child support. The claim is more easily read than actualized. Even with an attorney, the custodial parent usually exeperiences challenges that can become a physical battle long before the non custodial parent who DOES NOT INTEND ON HELPING concedes to the court order to remit the judged amount in partial payments or in full. Physical battles sometimes extend to physical harm or threats of such made toward the child or children and the estranged mate as well. The order for back child support comes into effect only when the ordered payments fail to be submitted for the period of time extended to as much as the age of completed education... college included to age 21. Payments are due to the custodial parent who bore the entire burden of childrearing without the absentee parent. The cost of health aids is one good example of child raising being supplemented by assistance from an other parent when the cost of eyeglasses or treatments for eyecare or hearing aids or speech therapy command a high premium from one's regular monthly finances. Fees and expenses for outfitting after school activities would be supplemented by the simple remittal of court ordered payments, thereby enriching the life of children otherwise neglected in that regard. Back Support simply orders shared appreciation for the custodial parent making the effort to accomplish the aforementioned on their own and sacrificing their own personal options for activities in life. Sacrificing a weekly trip to a beauty parlor or the purchase of perfume and new outfits. The custodial parent bears the entire burden UNLESS the other parent, willingly or unwillingly, provides a meager financial assistance after a divorce.

Amounts have been known to reach the high amount of $38000 for neglected orders for payment of a mere $25 per month over 18 years to well over $50,000 and more for more "valuable" urchins. This "negra" ...teen mother of two Garcia children... divorced because of the intrusion of another woman... Maureta, never received the court ordered child support nor the "back child support" due after having raised two children born in wedlock before the entrance of a second high school "woman" joined unto "Jesus" in the early 1970's. He was ordered by a second court determination to pay $38,000 and never did. In the Late 1980's a woman's group was developed by three or more women addressed in Texas who were determined to help stop the humiliating run by women toting children of abandoned relationships and broken marriages. They were sworn by the court system to trail non paying court ordered spouse with a resolve to be imprisoned or pay that debt under court supervision. The latest development of that cause can be found under the similar concern held by The WOMENS CONGRESSIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE.

September 7th of 2023 brought a long sought update to child support laws that reiterate a 1970s ruling that stipified child support payments made to custodial parents on welfare have payments doled out to them only after they were no longer on public welfare. It was and is an effort at discouraging custodial parent... mother or father, to avoid living on welfare. This provision "offsets the burden of public assistance and helps pay administrative costs incurred by the host state where a welfare recipient draws a check from public aid. The state receives the monies remitted by court order until the custodial parent is no longer on welfare. An additional policy named "families first" assures that arearages are issued to custodial parents leaving the welfare system.

READ MORE: MARKUP: H.R. 4678, the “Child Support Distribution Act of 2000” JUNE 27, 2000 — MARKUP

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About the Creator

CarmenJimersonCross-Safieddine

A widow, sharing experiences. SHARING LIFE LIVED, things seen, lessons learned & spreading peace where I can.

Call me "Gina" ( pronounced "jeena" ) short for REGINA

more at my original page https://vocal.media/authors/carmen-jimerson-cross

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