it's actually not yours alone, as previous commenters expressed the same opinion.

File a delinquency notice

Sadly that is a long process and it's difficult for the mother. Kids are expensive - health care, school, clothes, food, the list goes on. I have a friend who is struggling through that and the deadbeat dad keeps rescheduling court dates, elongating the process. It's a very stressful situation.

Yeah, some places can drag it right out. Here you can only drag it out for six months before the parent with custody can get an enforcement order and garnish your wages, regardless of pending court dates.

Although in this case the system should def bring it to this lousy father, in many cases they order support but don't enforce it very well. In my experience I've seen many flaws in the system across the board, for good fathers and good mothers. You get the amount of justice that you can afford, aka the lawyer you can pay for. Beyond that they dont fight very hard for you. Took me over a year to get the court to enforce their dna testing order on my ex for my daughter, despite her skipping court repeatidly. The only reason they ever got the test done is she finally brought our child in herself....cause she wanted child support now go figure. kept me from my daughter a year but now I get to pay her back support for that time. The courts havent a clue what justice is or how to enforce it.

I do agree with you on that. There are cases and in some states where they really don't care all that much to enforce it like they should. That sucks you had to go through that! It's a shame when the father actually wants to take part in their child's life and ends up getting the short end of the stick. There will always be "bad cases" unfortunately, but I think a lot of the larger more populated states tend to enforce it more than others.

Are u an idiot???? Children are expensive!!! $50 isn't enough!!!!!!!! He claims he's not paying anymore!

It's "that's why I HANG MY HAT in Tennessee." Makes a big difference, doesn't it?