March 08, 2004

How many years has it been?

It has been 10 years since my divorce from the boys father.
10 years folks.
10 years of fighting to get child support.
10 years of trying to get them to take action on his case.
Well, after 10 years of trying to force him to pay, they took away his drivers license.
Aren't you thrilled?
I know I am.
I mean, what the fucking hell took so long?
10 fucking years State of Maine!
What is your deal?
In the 10 years that they have been piddling around trying to get him to pay and trying to figure out ways to make him pay, this option, of license revocation has always been there. Gov. Angus King put it into play 9 years ago.
How do I know?
Because I was one of 5 moms selected to go to meet him and talk to him about child support enforcement laws.
This was an idea he and I talked about. Taking away licenses for driving, fishing, hunting etc.
They just took it away on March 4, 2004.
The divorce went final on February 2, 1994.
That is 10 years of waiting for them to go after him and make him pay.
10 years of waiting for them to do something.
Do I think this will have an impact on him?
Do I think loss of driving will somehow wake him up and make him pay his child support?
No.
No I don't.
This action, along with any other actions, should have been done years ago.
You can't just let guys like my ex get off scott free for 10 fucking years and suddenly expect them to start paying cuz you took away their license.
No, they will drive anyway or get other people to drive. They have ways around paying in case you didn't notice.

Filed under ex-bastard.