Well another day is upon us. I'm having a lot of feelings about my past. I wish that I could bury the past forever but it just seems to keep haunting me. I have an exwife that insists that when we have talked in the past it was never about money and she keeps telling me and everybody that she doesn't need my money but yet what is she calling for? Yup you guessed it MONEY. Now matter how much she gets it isn't enough. Currently she gets about 1200 per month. She makes about 55k per year. I only make about 24k per year and I only bring home about 400 per month.
Now let's look at Jen who makes about 22oo per month and we have to scrimp and make do just so Tristin can have a somewhat normal life and his dad who proclaims his love for him can't even be bothered to call or write, let alone pay child support or send any money for him because it would go to Jen and god forbid money go to Jen so that she could get Tristin things he needs. However he has no problems with Mona's kids and having a good time with them. Boy he sure looks like he is suffering. The child support system is so fucked up that you wouldn't believe it. One time she calls and gets told that they are seeking legal action against him in the form of a warrant and then she gets and IDO in the mail along with a child support check. Cool right you would think that the system is working right? Wrong she calls in the other day gets somebody different and got a whole other story about how the IDO was cancelled because the State's attorney issued a new one and to call back a couple of days after her support is due. So she calls back and gets now a whole new story and pretty much the IDO from the state's attorney's office pretty much isn't worth the paper is printed on and she will have to wait 30 days because that's how long it takes per their guidelines and then they will send out a late notice. Then he tells her that one maybe one reason is because he doesn't work at that employer anymore. So in essence he is intentionally not working just so he doesn't have to pay child support. So will anything happen to him? Probably not, he like many other deadbeats will just walk away scott free and go on and live their new life and then profess how much they love their kids and how much it hurts to think about them but yet they are living high off the hog while their kids suffer. The only thing that the kids have done in all of this is have a deadbeat for a father.
I don't know of any other options open to Jen, she/we don't have the money for an attorney. It seems the one agency created to cure this problem is absolutely worthless. James had intentionally left the state and is in fact in hiding just to avoid being found.The federal laws that are in place are just a joke and only punish the guys who pay their support and doesn't do squat to those that don't. So for all the stories I hear about how many states don't play around with support I only can say BULL you know what. IF you want see what a deadbeat looks like here you go.


Dead Beat Dad James E. Smith who lives somewhere in the Harvest Alabama area. Currently about $2600.oo behind in support and won't even email, call, or write to his son.