he's got bills
last week's child support hearing lasted all of ten minutes. we were the first ones called. i felt uneasy wearing my black suit against everyone dressed in jeans. babydaddy showed up with pregnant wife and toddler in tow. the questions were straightforward. the ruling was inevitable, it was time for him to take responsibility and the gist of his initial reaction was that he had other bills to pay and was unaware of the hearing. he was asking for a grace period.
try 11 years and 5 months.
the judge asked him if he's paid any child support in all of kylan's life. he says "no". she says "so you haven't paid any child support to your son in twelve years and she can only collect from the time she filed, because of the law"?
he is lucky this didn't come sooner. he is lucky it wasn't a greater amount.