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help me about child support?

I just recently married an army man and I am thoroughly loving it. I have never felt this way and it is simply amazing to me. However, I grew up in 'the system' my mother never reicieved her child support payments and my father barely paid anything for two kids when they DID come..which was once a year if we were lucky. I know our system is jacked up. However, it's not the money that bothers me it's the fact that his ex and her mother absolutely REFUSES to allow him to see his son. That in itself is absolutely horrible. Even after all the crap my father put my brother and I through my mother NEVER EVER denied him visitation. I have been gently pushing my husband to pursue domestic relations and force them to look at the case again. I mean SIMPLY because he is in the Army and easily accessed by the government does not mean he should be bent over and reemed. For God's sake he was in Iraq for 15 months and they wouldn't let him talk to his son when he called which he had to WAIT in a line for only to hear a click and a dial tone. And while he was over there they pool all their money in an off seas account so domestic relations had no access to his money for the first 6 months..yay perhaps my husband should have CHECKED his bank statements..in between burrowing holes to sleep in at night and dodging bullets...so they took and extra two hundred dollars out of his paycheck...WHILE HE WAS DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY. This is absolutely ridiculous to me..my father lived in the SAME town I have my WHOLE life...and domestic relations couldn't get squat from him..MY husband is defending US...defending EVERYTHING that we stand for as Americans....I hear all these thank the troops crap ALL the time since it's so close to christmas and the domestic relations in PA wants to continue giving him the run around. Everytime he calls well you have to schedule a meeting over a cable connection cause you are stationed in Washington state...well crap..HELP US OUT A LITTLE HERE. I want my husband to be able to see his son...he is more than likely going to be shipped back over seas for another year and I want thim to see his son before then.....because I want that boy to know what an amazing and brave man his father is and how VERY proud he should be of him. I'm am absolutely sick about this and feel like I"m stuck. My husband is so occupied with things for the army andthe time difference is so crazy....I just don't know what to do any more. Should I just let it go..let him continue paying all this money and NEVER seeing his son?? It makes him so upset sometimes when he can't see him it just breaks my heart. I want to be able to take care of it all myself but i know that I can't. Simply because I am the wife, I have no ties to his son....gees his son doesn't even KNOW I exsist thanks .....well never mind. Should I just stop worrying about it and let the system eventually catch up to us? I mean for all I know that won't be until his son is 18. Am I making a big deal out of nothing??

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    You have valid concerns and when you get answers from people saying "stay out of it"...don't listen to them! They are the same people who will try reem him for not seeing him.

    Anyway- have your husband list you as POA (Power of Attorney) and you can act on his behalf and speak with domestic relations to get this cleared up. My brother in law in in Afghanistan right now and has his fiance listed as POA and she has changed his custody and visitation agreement since he's been over there.

  • 1 decade ago

    Well first of all if there is child support ordered then there should be visitation ordered. He can take the legal document and go get his son for his visitation. Did he not pay or something? Is that why they aren't allowing him to see his son? He should have already hired an attorney and his attorney should be handling everything. My ex was in the military and he went over seas many times and his money was never put in an off shore account. NEVER! His child support payments are taken out of his military paycheck every month.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If your husband were really interested in seeing his child HE would've done something about it. It may be really hard to face, because you think he's so great and heroic, but he's not much different from your dad. Yes, you should LET him pay his child support and stay out of it. Maybe someday he'll decide to make his child a priority, now is not that time. There are two sides to the story and you only know one of them. You aren't making a big deal out of nothing, it's tragic for the child. But you're making a bigger deal out of it than his own father is.

  • 1 decade ago

    this is a huge deal and you should be the one to make something of it. you love your husband and you see him in his most intamate times when his emotions take over and he is sad that he doesnt see his son. i know that if i was in this situation i would do everything that i could as well for my husband. he should continue to pay child support regardless, that is his duty as a dad and if i were him i would fight fight fight to see his son. i would also suggest getting an attny since you are not going to get any where with the mom. good luck i hope that you guys have a merry christmas.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    WOW. He can take her back to court to get his visitation rights going as if he pays support then he has visitation rights and his ex cant stop it. Also her mom has no sayso in this matter at all. He just needs to use the legal system to his advantage here and it will work for him. Good luck and happy Holidays. Also thank him for his service to our country.

    Source(s): Florida Paralegal with a BS degree in Social-Pyschology and ex Viet Nam Vet/POW
  • 1 decade ago

    Power-of-Attorney!!! Your husband can give you POA of his rights to the child; and while he is gone, YOU can see the boy, take pics and everything to send to the father. YOU can enforce them to allow phone calls to his son. Does he have proof that this is his son? Also, your husband while in the States needs to put foot to a$$ and contact his legal department on post. They have options. He can also seek a personal attorney (cost $) and take his rights. It depends on how bad he wants it. My husband and I did this and now his son stays with us.....a very bad mom on that side

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It doesn't matter if the child knows you exist or not.

    Make sure the support is paid on time.

    What does the divorce papers say about visitation? How old is the child? Have your husband sue for alienation of affection (you stay out of it).

    Make sure your husband send presents for b'days and holidays (minus your name).

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Seek an attorney, this is what we get paid to do.

    You are not making a big deal about nothing, and from these facts, you had a better mother than your husband's child does.

    And it will blow up in her face someday.

    Source(s): He has to pay anyway or he can end up in contempt of court.
  • 1 decade ago

    your husband needs to hire an attorney and sue for visitation. Period.

  • 1 decade ago

    Get it straightened out in the courts - once it's in black and white there will be no more shenanigans!

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