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DEADBEAT: CLIFFORD SCHULZ, Conway, MO
Case filed: Winneago, Wisc
I haven't seen my dad in 13+ years and haven't gotten a dime since my parents split. He left the state so it would be harder for the courts to catch him. I really don't care about the money but he had a duty to me and I would like to take responsibility. Shanna
My father never even bothered to call me. He is an alcoholic and refuses to get help for his problem. I went many yrs at a time without seeing or hearing from him. And of course, he failed to even try to support me. He was court ordered to pay a mere $30/mo for my upbringing. He paid once. He now lives out of state because he is running from the law in other matters. I have 3 living siblings from him, and he never bothered to try to support them either. I need help because I would like to go to college, and that mere $30/mo is now a lot of money. I don't have the money to go to college, and that would help me out a lot. I think that is the least that he could do for me since he failed to be a father. Heather, Age 19
DEADBEAT: DAVID STICKNEY, Hannibal, MO
Case filed: Fulton, GA
My parents have been divoriced since I was 2 yrs old. I am now 19 yrs old. He has never paid one penny of child support. He moved away from GA when I was 5. He never called to check up on me, never called on any birthdays, and never called just to say HI! He has now been divoriced 2 more times since my mother, and has 2 more children. I spent my whole life without my father, or his
support, and I am tired of watching him do what he did to me and my mom all over again with a new lady. I need help getting money owed to me and my mom. I also hope that with me trying to get what we deserve from him it will also help out his new ex-wife to get what she deserves too. Remember there are more kids involved. Nicole
DEADBEAT: PAUL DAVID MATLOCK, Corpus Christi, TX
Case filed: TX
My father refuses to pay any child support in any way for his 2
teenage daughters and refuses to get a job to do so. My sister and I have suffered long enough. My parents have been divorced for 12 yrs and he has never taken any responsibility for us. We can't afford a lawyer so we work with the attorney general whom can't do much for us or hasn't. My father refuses to go out and find a job and says if one comes to him then he may consider taking it. We haven't heard from him in almost a yr and he has made no attempt to contact us. Not that we would want to talk to
him anyway. Last we heard he was living with a woman and her two kids in a run down travel trailor. We need help to put him in jail. That is my only wish, to put him in a prison so that he may feel the pain and anger that he has put my family through. I know we'll never see a dime of that money all I wish now is for him to be put behind bars so that he may feel the anger
and hatered he has caused in my home. Callie
DEADBEAT: BRIAN BURTON, VA
I just want to be able to atleast maybe get something for college, maybe even a car. For 19 yrs it has been up to my mom and grandparents to take of me. I know I'm older and I do have a job but minimum wage will not always get a car, and school. All I'm asking for is what is mine. He's never laid eyes on me, called or even wrote. Desiree
I don't consider my story my own. It was always treated as none of my business.
I was born in 1976 to a single mom. In 1975, she'd had a very brief relationship with a man she'd known for about 5 yrs. No one knew they'd been more than friends for a short time, and no one would have guessed. My father was always in trouble of some kind, and was an alcoholic. Mom didn't want to marry him, raise me with him, didn't love him, and certainly didn't want her family to know she'd touched him. She decided not to tell him she was pregnant, and let him walk away. They were both 19.
He married someone else, and had a baby on the way with her when he found out about me through one of my mother's friends. Both have said that he tried to reenter my mother's life, and consequently mine, but Mom vetoed the idea. He left again. I was only a few mos old.
In 1977, my father spent 6 mos in prison for a felony charge that I will not mention. All that matters was, he was there, not with me, or mom, or his wife.
As you can see, he wasn't around all that much. Yes, the court did file a paternity suit against him in 1979. My mother was on welfare, which requires that when there is an absentee father, she give a name. The paternity suit was dismissed with no ruling to either side. There was no proof that he was my father, and Mom named no one else that she could possibly have been with in 1975. These were the dark ages before blood tests.
There is a catch to this. Mom didn't want him, and could care less if they "got" him. She wanted to raise me on her own, and her family was appalled. I was the first baby born illegitimately in the family, and it has since been made out to be a huge, hideous scandal. Everyone else, from her parents to her sister to my stepfather, were the ones to scream bloody murder about money. Not mom or myself.
You can't put a price tag on someone's life. If whether or not a check arrives in the mail is what makes the kid bearable, or life itself, if that is more important than what happens to a little kid's very tender heart, then maybe we place money above life in the value category.
I don't want a check in the mail. A letter isn't enough. Photographs fade. I want my daddy. Kimberly, Age 23
DEADBEAT: DAVID ALAN DOEING, Merrillville, IN
Child support has only seldomly been paid by my father. No form of support has been recieved in over 10 yrs. I am now 19 yrs old and my mother just started recieving support payments. My father owes 10's of thousands of dollars. Dawn Doeing
DEADBEAT: OZZIE JOHNS, Homestead, FL
Case filed: Starkville, MS
I'm 19 yrs old my father is required to pay child support until 21 if child is in school. My father went to FL before I went to the 1st grade. He sent me a $250 check/yr, that was it. He has always made good money worked 2 sometimes 3 jobs and didn't mind working but will not send me a dime. 11 yrs later my arm was broken, the day I got the cast he showed up, my mother went off, he cried, she went back home. We talked, I forgave him, I thought he had learned. He gave me $150 that night, $50 at Christmas, $50 again another time. After I graduated not a thing. He sent for me to come up for the summer, I stayed 2 wks. He promised me the world if I stayed. I didn't know how I could all of the sudden live with someone who lied to me constantly. I'm struggling in college, not enough gas money to drive to school in another county. I work but it's hard finding someone to work around your hrs. My mother works, goes to day and night school and has 3 others besides me. I was his only child at the time. He always says hes going to help and I believe him
everytime because he's my dad. cordney terrell jones
DEADBEAT: MICHAEL W SCHMITT
Case filed: Erie Co, NY
I'm writing because my fiance's father owes child support for the
last 13 or more yrs and can't be found. Nobody seems to be able to find this man, or nobody is trying anymore. She is the oldest of 2 daughters, and her mother has been raising them by herself since he took off 13, or so, yrs ago. When he left, he pawned items from the house, took off with the credit cards and ran up all the accounts, took money from the childrens bank accounts and from their mother. She has no money to hire an investigator to try and find him, and we basically are trying to find any way possible to finally get her the money she deserves. This man was
located twice within the last 5 yrs and garnished his wages, just to have him disappear again. If any one can help us with this problem or has any suggestions please let me know. justin stutz
DEADBEAT: KENNETH TURNER BYNAKER, Rockville, MD
Case filed: Montgomery Co, MD
This man is my father and when served with court papers he always gets out of it. When he does make it to court he always gets out of paying a cent. The state says they take away the drivers licenses of deadbeat dads, but he is still driving the 4 cars he has in his driveway, one of which is a $40,000 car. I know where he lives and where he spends his free time but no one seems to care enough to take him to jail. He has never spent time with me, he's missed my birthdays, all holidays, and all special events like my graduation and 18th birthday. He has never provided in anyway for me. Does he love me? I don't know, he has never shown it, so I think the least I deserved from him if nothing else is the $1000's he owes. Someone please help so that he can't get away anymore. Thank you. Name Withheld per Request
DEADBEAT: ROBERT LEONARDO, Somerset, MA
I haven't been able to locate my father for many, many yrs. I
tried to go through with a suit for child support but don't know if it is possible now that I am 18. I am attending college and have never recieved a cent of support...EVER. My mother has supported 2 children on her own for 14 yrs. I would like to get him involved with my life through payment and letters. Visitation by me would follow a while down the road.M.L.
DEADBEAT: HUBERT ROBINSON, Atlantic, GA
I haven't seen my (deadbeat) dad in over 20 something yrs. I have 2 children and they always ask about their grandfather I just don't know what to say to them please help me find my dead beat (dad). T.R.
DEADBEAET: DEREK R WILLIAMS, Detroit, MI - Self Employed
Case filed: Wayne Co, MI; Case #: 85527383DM
It is further ordered that the Defendant shall pay through the
office of the Friend of the Court, beginning as of the date of this Judgement and continuing each wk thereafter $50/wk for the support of each minor child until the child reaches the age of eighteen(18)or graduates from high school, whichever is later, or until further order of the court.
At the time of the Divorce my brother was 14 and I was 6 yrs of age. Nonetheless we have not received any form of child support or financial aid after the divorce. I am now 18 and my brother is now 26. This leaves my father in more than $90,000 in debt to us and the Friend of the Court. I do not see my father very often either, which leaves a strain on our relationship. DDW
Deadbeat: JOHN DAVIS, Fort Lauderdale, Fl
Case filed: Leon Co, FL
My dad should be paying child support. He should have paid it for
the last 7 yrs but he hasn't. I'm about to go away to college and I suddenly see how much my mom and the rest of my family needs the money especially considering how much I'm going to be taking out of the family budget when school starts in the fall.
B
My mum and dad seperated nearly a year ago I was pretty happy as I could still see my dad and he was buying me presents, taking me out and playing father and son games. He met a lady and moved in with her. He now lives in Clemmons, NC. He doesnt work because he hasnt got a green card. He has stopped paying my mum money but my mum still loves me. He says that as the people in the UK makes him pay for me and he is in America I won't get any thing. So now I live with my mum who works hard to give me things i need but don't get contact with my dad. Mum has tried to get some money for me but phone calls to america are expensive. Is it true that he doesn't have to help me because he is in America? nathan, Age 6
Deadbeat: GREGORY JOHN COSTE, So Elgin, IL
Case filed: King Co, WA
I am writing this story as his own biological daughter. I am now
adopted by my wonderful, loving stepfather who's been around since I was 3. My biological father owes my mother around $125,000. This has been accrued over years and years with a combination of unpaid child support payments, legal fees, and interest. His whereabouts are well known, but since he employs himself, and files countless suits and countersuits, he has managed to get away with it all. This all started when he left us when I was almost 1. I am now 17 and we are still battling the IL court system for this money. How can it be that a man owing that much money for that long has not been prosecuted? If anyone's interested, you can find him at 84-B Ione Dr, So Elgin, IL 60177.
The sad thing is that I've had to live with this mess all my life and it didn't have to be this way. Kira
I was born in 1985 to Judith and Paul. My mother was looking for my father for formula money for the first 2 years after I was born. Finally my dad got a job and we had a beautiful house and a great family. I guess he thought he was to good for us now since he was making good money. My mom heard from family members that he was cheating and she didnt believe it until she caught them. It was horrible we sold everything and moved to FL. We were there for about 4 months and things didn't go the way we planned. For the last 5-6 years I saw my dad on Christmas and I got lots of presents and money on holidays and birthdays, but right now in my life money doesn't mean anything to me from him. Now I'm older and realize everything I want is to see him, I send him letters all the time telling him how I feel, his excuse is that is he didnt have a license. So I'm waiting for him to call me, I doubt he will. I get $100 every month but all I want is to see him. Thanks for listening. Krystle, Age 13
There are judgements on my father, Robin Lane Winchester, who is living somewhere in Texas. My parents were divorced when I was 4 and since then my father has only payed one month of child support. I am 17 and 7 months now and we have been trying to collect all of the back child support, but it cost alot of money that we don't have to complete this, so it's been very hard for my mother and I. dusty
This man, my "father", is suppose to pay my mother $250.00 a
month by the court order, and for the first five years of my
life he did not help my mom with one dime.
I am now Sixteen yrs old, and see my mom struggle daily to
help me and to support me. I have seen my mother call over and over again, to government & state agencies, the last time
he went to court in Los Angeles for back child support was 2 yrs and 4 months ago, she has yet to hear from them of get a dime.
I know right now she is only trying to make him pay his child support and to get back some money in rears, $4,000 worth. She said she is not even going to try for the five yrs he never did pay.
All I know is I hope this will help her in some way.
Albert Guzman, has grown children, grandchildren, and owns his own company, Industrial Carborator, and owns a home in Whittier Ca. I truly hope someone sees this and lets him know he is online as a deadbeat dad, maybe that will get him to do something. Christina, age 16
My dad came from an extremely rich family. He was such a greedy jerk, that he did not want to give my mother a dime when he left her. He left mom when she was 26 years old. She had just had my sister. Infact, while mom was at the hospital having Tracy, he was out with his girlfriend. That was 30 years ago. He is still with that same gal and they have 3 kids. Anyway, he never sent birthday cards or gifts, nothing at Christmas and no child support. My mom worked her butt off to take care of us. She was a secretary. Well, about one year after he left her, she met my dad. (My step-dad, but in my heart, he's my dad). They married 2 years later and we moved to Georgia and lived happily. 2 years later we moved to Seattle and we (the kids) legally changed our last names to our step dad's name. We had already been using his last name since they got married. Still hadn't heard a word from our natural father or any of the relatives. When I was 24, my job took me to CA for a couple of years. I knew my real dad lived in nearby. I decided to visit him. I called and he acted like I had not been gone at all. It was really strange. I spent a weekend there and when I left I never spoke to him again. My curiousity was satisfied, he was the jerk I had always thought he was and I was glad in a way, that Mom did it on her own. The sad part that had always bothered me was that we had grandparents that I remembered. Well, 2 years ago I decided to see if I could find them without contacting my real dad. I ended up finding my grandfather who is now 84, at his ranch in Montana. He told me that my Grandmother had died from Cancer the year before. He also said he was so happy to have found us. He had been searching for 24 years but did not know our new last name and his son and wife would not tell us. The Grandmother knew our name and did not want to have anything to do with us because she hated my mother. (Nice woman huh?) Anyway, we have written alot and spoken on the phone, but I have not yet gone to visit. He asks me to all the time. I hope to sometime. But my older brother, named after our real father, was so excited when I found him. He is a real outdoors type and he headed over to Montana immediately. They hit it off!!! He is going back this summer, by himself this time. He took the kids last time. All in all, things worked out. We all turned out just fine and have a terrific dad. (the one that raised us) Mom is glad she never got a dime from that jerk. She told me recently (I am 34 now) that it made it easier for us to get away from him. Since he refused to pay and be part of our lives, she was able to start a new and better life for us. After having met him, I know she did exactly that. We couldn't ask for a better dad or life. Kim, age 34
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