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Child Support and Accountability

On April 4, I wrote, "Again, sitting in court in regard to child support. Again, taking precious time off and having to do so much work for a sub".  It only took a month after the court date and the adjustment to child support for the ex to quit (lose) his job.  Now, I am facing another summer of working a third job to stay ahead of my finances. This is exhausting. Now it's June, and the ex is still not working.  Nor will he respond to calls / texts.  What I have feared for the 14 years of divorce status has become a reality............my ex is a dead beat dad.  He dropped off emotionally years ago, and sadly, my daughters have learned to live without a dad present in their lives.  In all that time, I was always satisfied to know he had to financially contribute to their lives, even if he couldn't emotionally contribute.  Now, that allusion is gone, too. We will survive; we always do.  I think back to the first 2 years of the separation and ...