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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that wages should only be garnished if the parent required to pay child support has shown an inability/unwillingness to pay on time/at all.

Not all dads are deadbeats...whether they are with their child(ren)'s mother or not. If mothers are going to be given the benefit of the doubt when it comes to caring for the kids (until they prove otherwise) why does this not extend to dads?[/quote]
Because missed payments can mean missed rent or not enough money to pay for food or utilities for some people.  This is what happened to my sister. She didn't have his wages garnished because he "promised" to send child support. After months of missed payments, she finally had his wages garnished, and then he got really upset with her.  I kept telling her to garnish his wages from the get go.  They got a divorce because he was incredibly selfish and immature.  That should've been red flag for her to garnish his wages, but she gave him the benefit of doubt.[/quote]

I get that, but garnished wages from the paying parent could also result in missed rent, or not enough money for food or utilities. I guess I'm trying to say that it seems like there is the perception that child support paying parents are not to be trusted, but child support receiving parents are (as per the title of this thread).

Yes there are deadbeat dads out there. There are also deadbeat moms. Some people choose not to pay their child support or are deliberately unemployed or underemployed. Some people receive child support and choose not to spend it on their children. But this is not the case across the board and I disagree with automatically garnishing wages from a parent just because of the bad behavior of a few...not unless the same scrutiny will be applied to those receiving child support.[/quote]

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