A child support question regarding a mans rights.?

a friend of mine has 4 children all by different woman. With them all hitting him up for child support and him owing back support, his weekly paycheck barely gives him $150. Can this be fixed in anyway? I have watched him struggle for years and it seems as if he has no options. (it's not like he can afford a lawyer.) One can not survive on this pay. It makes me wonder how he gets up and goes to work every day. He wants to do more for his kids but can't get himself in a postition to do so. I fear he will turn to illegal means to make money and I couldn't even blame him. How can one keep an apartment and a car (cuz he needs to go to work, where we live you need a car.) on that pay. How is this helping his children. The mothers are living quite comfortably. Not to mention he has to fight to see the children and takes abuse to do so.
He's not perfect and has made poor choices, but this situation doesn't seem fair to him or his children who are being raised to look down on him
Man, you got some sh*tty answers to this question, obviously the man knows to stop having sex, and having kids.
Clearly he is paying child support and should be commended for this. I think it is great that someone is taking responsibility for themselves and their own,
Have him call legal aid and see if they will appoint him a lawyer, if not he can file on his own. He will need to bring copies of all four orders, and his paystubs or income tax from last year.
He will need to prove to the judge that the amount of child support he is paying is grossly affecting his ability to live and survive.
He also needs to have the visitation agreements reviewed so there are set and guarenteed times he gets the kids, no questions asked.
Maybe he could look into some type of subsidized housing, I know it isn't optimal but it may help him until he gets back on his feet, or maybe rent a room from a really REALLY understanding friend for a low rate.
Tell your friend to keep trying and not give up hope, he is proving he is a good man, and that will come back to him
if he only makes 150.00 per week ,, he might qualify for legal aide..
BTW has he herd of a vasectomy?


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Since he has a car he might consider getting a part time job to supplement his full time job so he can have extra money and catch up on any arrears. He should also consider a vasectomy. It takes 2 to make kids and I am sure he was a willing participant in the act. Why shouldn't the mothers hit him up for child support? He helped create the child. I hope that he is giving much more careful thought to his actions now that he has so many responsibilities. He should see an attorney or Legal Aid and seek assistance in getting a court ordered visitation order to see the children. Then he will have the court on his side if the mothers do not comply with the order.
He made his bed now he must lie in it. By the way, is this 'friend' you?
Has he tried legal aide through his state he needs to go to family court because they do look at how much he makes in regards to child support.
Vasectomy. From the sounds of it, it could prevent more pregnancies from happening. Duhhhh.
He who PLAYS pays, you need to tell your friend to go
to the Legal Aide Society and see if they can help to
get his child support payments reduced as well as his
visitation rights fixed.
A man still has the right to visit his children but also has
the responsibility to keep his child support payments up to
date. In California, if you do not pay they will put you in jail
for failure to obey a court order. A woman can not withhold
the fathers right to visitation because of late payments.
Depending on in which state he lives, he would need to asses the state statutes and support calculator to determine if the separate awards are in keeping with the guidelines.

If they do, there isn't anything legal aid, a private attorney or even God can do about it. He has a duty to support and the answer from the court will simply be get a second job.

As unfair as that seems, they are his children and he is required by law to support them.

Also, if any of the mothers are on state assistence, the award is to pay back the state so, absent a significant change in circumstances (like the mother working a new job) then again, not even God can help him, unless St. Peter quits then there will be a job opening.