Help me feel less guilty about filing for child support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH And I have been separated for about 5 months now. We had a verbal agreement on child support for our 2 kids but he has been very inconsistent. Some months he gives me less some months nothing at all. Lately I have been struggling financially and basically living paycheck to paycheck. So I filled for child support. I'm pretty sure he will be so upset when he gets the court hearing. I'm also pretty sure he will make me feel bad about it. How do I feel less guilty.

How can you feel less guilty? By realizing that his “getting upset” is an abusive intimidation tactic designed to make you back off from asking for what your child is legally entitled to from a parent.

Non-abusive parents don’t get upset by paying child support.

Domestic abuse is not only physical violence toward a spouse. Refusal to pay required child support or getting angry about it is a form of economic coercive control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH And I have been separated for about 5 months now. We had a verbal agreement on child support for our 2 kids but he has been very inconsistent. Some months he gives me less some months nothing at all. Lately I have been struggling financially and basically living paycheck to paycheck. So I filled for child support. I'm pretty sure he will be so upset when he gets the court hearing. I'm also pretty sure he will make me feel bad about it. How do I feel less guilty.

Why would you feel guilty? Tough if he's upset.