Another new balance - July 08

And the balance continues to grow….$9,360.90.
I guess, I’ll just look for the big 10k next month.

Feb New Balance

Right around $7200.00. I don’t have the exact amount because the interest charge hasn’t been added in yet.
I’ll have to see if Feb is included in the contempt process or if that will at some point count as the first count in the next one.
8 months since a payment has been made!

Child Neglect in California

Neglect
Citation: Penal Code § 11165.2
Neglect means the negligent treatment or the maltreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child’s welfare under circumstances indicating harm or threatened harm to the child’s health or welfare. The term includes both acts and omissions on the part of the responsible person.Severe neglect means the negligent [...]

Truth

“It’s not hard to find the truth. What is hard is not to run away from it once you have found it.”

wives and what they think…

This is a more difficult post to write.  I’m not finding any studies or really any articles on the subject, so I only see comments on forum boards, friend and acquaintance conversations, and of course first hand comments to me.
Nearly every woman has a friend who receives no child support - or a small amount.  [...]

Children

“Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.”H. Jackson Brown

Amnesty vs. Criminal Prosecution

So there’s another blog (it’s linked at the bottom because I can’t figure out how to link it here) that is very anti-criminal prosecution for non-payment of child support. Of course, this comes from a man’s perspective, and I would wonder (and don’t know) if he is a non-custodial parent.
Here’s what it boils down to [...]

another get lost kind of day

Not much to write about - the non-custodial parent is still not making any payments.  Still advertising his business, still working, but just not making any payments.  When called repeated his mantra of “get lost”!  Of if it was just so easy to get lost~
Child Support Services has him on calendar for a modification review, [...]

Responsibility

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Comparing costs

Several months ago, the OC Register had an article that indicated it was along the lines of $759.00 a month to adequately pay for a child in Orange County.
Recently this was posted in another article.
The suit notes that a 2005 study by the California Budget Project found that the minimum cost of raising a child [...]