Originally posted by soda72
I felt sorry for him until I read that...
If he's going to be spreading the wealth he needs to do it for all his kids.....
Point is, ONE mother is trying to take it ALL for ONE child.
I'm NOT excusing ANYTHING he's done. But that one mother is scum. She and the one child DO NOT deserve his entire $170K pension AND another $30K.
Greed on the part of the mother of the child in a divorce is among the ugliest and most disgusting things you'll see. And the child rarely ever gains anything from the greed of the mother.
I moved in with a buddy of mine who was divorced, as his brother had bailed on him, leaving him with plenty of bills, and no extra income. My buddy had two sons, who lived with their mother, in an expensive condo. My buddy was living in an old farm house that barely had indoor plumbing, electricity, and a phone.
One Friday, I brought my bosses race car and rig home with me, so I could take it to the track Saturday afternoon, and not have to drive out of the way. My buddy's wife brought the boys to the house for the weekend. By Monday afternoon, she had filed papers demanding more child support, since my buddy now evidently had enough money to own a race car, a truck and a trailer.
I actually had to go to court and testify that even I didn't own the race car, truck, or trailer, it was my boss's, and not mine or my buddy's. I actually did an afternoon in jail for contempt over it. Her lawyer accused me of perjury, out right calling me a liar and a thief. When I told him "I am neither, nor am I a lying, scum sucking, bottom feeding lawyer, in the employ of a greedy low life potato, as well as a common SOB", the judge told me "one more outburst like that" would land me in jail for contempt of court. Having lost an entire day's pay, for no valid reason, I told the judge "I have nothing but contempt for any court that would allow her and her lawyer in it". So I did an entire afternoon in jail until a lawyer (and former judge) friend of Dad's heard about it and told the judge he'd made a major mistake.
My wife's first job with the state was to deal with REAL dead beat parents who had money to pay legitimate amounts of child support. I know full well what a real dead beat is. I also know full well how screwed up the system really is.