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I 100% agree with Randall, but I have a better one – the Family Responsibility Office (FRO) garnished the wrong person! Also, I was forced to pay $5,300 in non-awarded child support a few years ago.
I have had 100% full custody (not shared) of my two children for years now, but their mother refused to pay any child support at all. Their mother lives in New Brunswick and I live in Ottawa. After being granted child support by the court in Ottawa, an order was raised. Three weeks following issuance of the order, I received an envelope from the FRO informing me that I was the payer! The FRO guaranteed that I was in error and that they were correct. Immediately a garnishment was sent to my Canadian Forces (CF) pay office to be effective the next month.
To make a very long story short, I interceded to every office (CF, FRO and Ottawa court) with an original copy of my court order that states I was the receiver and my ex-wife was the payer. Reluctantly, very reluctantly, the garnishment was suspended. However, it took the FRO four months to correct the error so their file reflected me as the child support recipient.
Today, more than ten months since the Ontario Court awarded me child support as the father, there has been absolutely no garnishment against my ex-wife who earns about $96,000 per year with no other children in her care.
And as for the $5,300 in overpaid child support; it has been officially recognized by the court, however, the FRO has informed me that it is not within their mandate to collect over payments that were taken in error!
- Ken SandallI don’t for one second beleive that this went unnoticed for 13 years. You may already be familiar with her, but if not, check out Marion Boyd, who used to run the FRO. This was no boondoggle, this is part of rampant discrimination against single dads, and it’s deplorable.
- Dicky FlacidoWhat a pack of morons
- GHello from Nova Scotia.
I totally agree that this was not a mistake. Several years ago my daughter came to live with me because of violence in her mothers home (which went unprosecuted). Fot nine months the MEP (equavalent of FRO in Ontario) garnished my wages to send the mother child support. They were fully aware that she had moved and when they asked the mother she also agreed that she had moved.It was as if they were strying to starve my daughter back to her mother’s house.
I havent had many battles with them since those days, but to me this one experience was totally opposite of the “best interests of the child”.
The whole system is more like organized crime where they hand over hush money to the mothers.
I am presently writing my memoirs on my experiences with the Family Court system here in Nova Scotia.
People should be filling courtrooms and watching what goes on there. They should also become a thorn in the side of federal and provincial politicians. The legal community is raping families of their savings and income. They should go back to chasing ambulances.
- Don LittlerWait a sec: you phoned a government office on the weekend (outside business hours) and you were surprised at getting an answering machine?! I’m always amazed at hearing a human voice 9-5!
- Ras a women, i will say that too many fathers are taken for rides, many women abuse their powers in that regard, too many “self centered” bitches out there
- LynnRandall
- LThe issue of child support goes both ways. You might have been hit by the support payments so assume it is always men affected, not so. I know a guy who has sole custody, his wife decided she did not want to be a mother anymore. She pays him support, the more the better I say. Another woman I know was so brow beaten by her former during the separation agreement that she agreed to no support just to get him so shut up. He makes over twice as much as she does, fair, I don’t think so. It is not just the poor guys. There are two sides to every story.
I payed child support for 20 years. My daughter has not lived with her mom for 7 of those years. I tried to explain the situation to FRO. but they couldnt be bothered!
- bruceMy daughter and her then common law boyfriend agreed to become parents, after approximately 6 months into the pregnancy he became violent, after the birth this continued he started using alcoohol and drugs, nothing major but enough to cause impaired judgement, he would not go to work but yet still had enough money to go to the bar and drink, when she finally had enough and they split up they mutually agreed to a financial arrangement (mutually) well that was 3 1/2 yrs ago and he has paid may 3 months worth, she works every day, pays her car payments pays her rent, pays for the clothes and food for her daughter,she was the one who had to spend 6 hours at the ER when she had asthma on approximately 10 to 12 occasion. he sees his daughter at least once a week, he does not pay for clothes (well ok once at christmas lol but she is not allowed to wear those unless she is at his place well excuse me lol Mr super Dad) now someone please explain to me why he should not have to pay support, please make me see the light, she is his daughter he has access but wont pay for clothes, any activities, food NOTHING so tell me I m waiting
- Al