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A bill introduced in the Maryland House of Delegates that would revise and increase child support guidelines is winding its way through the legislature. The guidelines are based on the statistical estimated cost of raising children in 1998 and have not been updated for 20 years. The bill had its first reading on February 25, 2009.
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November 16th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
wow…this is wrong for many reasons. Feel free to call me at 301-920-1291
April 7th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
How many time will states violate the constitution with these arbitary child support guidelines? There are federal lawsuits across the country with regards to racketeering as it pertains to child support agencies across the country! Due process is a mandated requirement and everyday states feel they can just abridge the rights of taxpayers and private citizens in this country!Ever heard of the 14th Amendment? Ever heard of malicious prosecution and false imprisonment while throwing fathers in jail without charging them with a crime and extortion from judges who are committing fraud upon the court by violating their oaths to office not to mention each state actor! AG SAG DA’s! Child support agencies in Georgia and Tennessee stonewalling modifications for child support and obstructing justice! A recession and you want to increase more discriminatory payouts to women and run fathers into the ground for a feminist agenda and federal funding! Prepare for constitutional challenges! What gives any state the authority to abridge the rights of its people from illegal governmental interference! ” We the people have our eyes on you.” What gives any state the right to deprive any person of their freeholds and liberties in this country for a debt? Suspending Habeous Corpus and circumventing consitutional due process!
April 7th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
It is the apparent intention of the states to keep fathers in financial turmoil! Civil matters cost money and how many fathers have to commit suicide as a result of the egregious abuse of all these states against fathers! Maryland I have read has has serious issues on these grounds involving custody and child support! All of you are in the dark! We realize as a country that all aspects of this legislation is for pecuniary gain and not the “Best interest of the child” If this were the case the legislators would be promoting aiding fathers with gaining access to their own children! You use civil matters not to hold mothers accountable for malicious allegations and use Domestic violence laws and child abuse statutes to sent up parents and fathers! What planet are you living on? A compelling interest must be supported with facts! A fabricated story does not past muster with strict scrutiny! Yet, hearsay runs rampant in the family court arena and the father and his children are the ones usulally paying for it!
April 27th, 2010 at 10:09 am
Child Support in Maryland is a fraud: I have two (2) cases in Maryland that I pay child support for and I have paid as instructed by the court order; constantly I find that I have arrears on my accounts and I have investigated the matter. I’ve been told that based on the way the order was written is the reason why my accounts keep arrears? I do not understand this if there is a court order and I pay according to the order how can there be arrears? The child support agent explains ” the way that the system divides and distributes the funds that are garnished from my payroll is different then the way the order specifys…” WELL, whos fault is that? why should I be penalized because you have a computer that can not add and subtract…? why should the system be taking more out of my pay because of its incompentence. Is there a lawsuit that can be filed against the Dept of Social Services for mis appropriation of funds concerning child support? Can anyone advise on this matter Im ready to take them to court!!
June 4th, 2010 at 9:56 am
Sounds like a lot of angry men complaining to me. How seriously should I consider someone’s argument who has to have his salary GARNISHED to pay support for his children. Those of us who provide daily care for our children over and above what the calculations mandage, have no problem with the guidelines being changed to reflect 2010 expenses. My child support goes to the upkeep and maintenance of my child’s needs, not to pay for frivolus expenses for me. Instead of complaining about an oppressive goverment, how about using condoms religiously to avoid the situation entirely!
July 13th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Cynthia –
It’s not just angry men. Your assumption that those with garnishments must be deadbeats is false. Some women are simply bitter and hateful and use their children. My husband has been taken to court for an increase 8 times in 7 years by his ex-wife and watched as his child support has increased by 1600%… his ex falsifies receipts and the courts allow it… The best part is that the last time we went they backdated his 200% increase by a year and a half and put him in huge arrears even though he’s NEVER been late – just so you know… arrears = garnishment!
MD courts are beyond biased and it is sad b/c in the end its the child that loses out. We cannot afford to do anything at all for/with his son anymore and we know for a fact that his son isn’t seeing even half of the money his ex gets. I’ve got a daughter who doesn’t get a penny b/c her dad is a true deadbeat but the courts are so busy with the women who think their child is a paycheck we can’t get anything accomplished. The reality is that this legislation only punishes the men that are doing the right thing b/c if your child’s father isn’t paying you can’t get an increase anyway.
December 28th, 2010 at 9:38 am
Cynthia- it is awesome you use the money for your child and not yourself…there is A LOT of women who dont. They think of their kids as paychecks and a way to get back at the boyfriend who left her. I receicve child support and use it towards my child as well, but my husband pays support to 2 girls (cant even use the word women) who think it is a game to see ‘how much they can get him for’ and they use the money to get their nails/hair done and shop for themselves….while going to church clothing swap meets to get USED/FREE clothes for the kids. One of the mothers doesnt even have the kid living with her…he is living with his grandmother and she pays most of his expenses, but since that is the mothers legal address (she lives with a new boyfriend) there is nothing we can do. These woman think that making the ex pay more and taking him for increases everytime they get a chance is a game…
February 16th, 2011 at 10:57 pm
Men need to understand that child support became a banking system to allow women to make up the difference in earning when it was enacted by congress under Clinton. Women carry a pregnancy for 9 months knowing that they can cash in for 17 years tax free. This law will remain in effect as long as needed to attract women to vote for whomever uses the expression “dead beat dad”. Lot f women go around making babies to cash in. Why can’t a man raise his children and it is always a woman who get residency with children?
May 3rd, 2011 at 10:33 pm
In Washington County MD I fell behind on my Child Support which was paid directly to my X. She knew everything about my financial disaster. I have been fighting foreclosures, and lawsuits from CCs. I worked full time and part time through a business I currently work Full-time since losing my main job March 2010. We went to court for a custody hearing in October 2010. I lost Legal custody because my x would not tell me when the kids were sick and needed to go to the doctor, or any info on their school. At this time the Judge ordered CS to go through the CS Agency but he did not re-evaluate the financial situation. She was now making six figures and I a mere 20 thousand a year. When CS was established in 2004 I was making about $ 800 a month more then her. The court did not care why I was behind. nor about my three year old that I am raising on my own! After business expenses over the winter months from October to May I had nothing left over and they still want me to pay $ 1000 a month Child Support. (YES I WAS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB) On April 04, 2011 I went to CS for a Contempt of Court meeting. I was guilty before I walked in the door. They did not care that I had no income. I brought all my tax forms for three years and income statements. None of that meant anything. She wanted a check for $ 5000.00. I did not have money for gas/oil/food. I was even denied food stamps because the same offices handles CS. When I went to Contempt of Court Hearing on April 15 once again I was guilty before I waled in the door! I plead not guilty because my situation is not willful! The CS agent that spoke to me for about ten minutes before the trial testified. She mentioned a partial sentence from out ten minute conversation “I have another child to take care of”. She failed to mention everything else. Once again the Judge did not look at my financials! According to the guidelines I should only be required to pay $ 300 a month not the $ 1100 a month they have be billed for now! Washington County Judges and enforcement say they are about the children, but what about the child that lives with me! She has nothing!!! The Judges and agency are all about what they get for destroying NCP lives. If they are about the children they need to get into schools and educate to reduce the divorce rates, reduce non-committed parents from having kids. They need to sit down with each parent and listen and understand the entire situation before making judgment! How is it right for the court to push the NCP into Poverty? The court does not balance the financial situation of the parents. Do you really think my x spends $ 2000,00 a month on our two children?