There’s no point in me getting a job
When my son was about six months old my kids mother [who had seperated from me when she was pregnant to be with another guy] refused to allow me to see my own son anymore. i told her i would take her to court over visitation because i wanted to be in my sons life. she then put child support on me, while raising our kid without me what so ever at that point. i had been laid off from my last job, and she knew it.
they put me o the lowest payment becuase i was unable to find work, 80 bucks a month. then she decided to put a restraining order on me based on a lie, lied to the judge etc etc. in the end of that mess i had now lost the ability to see my kid for a year for no reason other than she didnt want me to see him, and then had to pay for it.
fast forward about six months, they had the child support meetings ina place i could not possibly get to on my own seeing as i was still unemployed. on missing my appointment because i could just not get theree no money or car due to child support payments, they slapped me with 77 bucks a week plus 19 bucks a week as backpay. for those keeping track that HUGE jump from 80 bucks a month to $384 a month. i didnt know at the time but i would be payin that much a month and still not see my kid till he was 3.
i have had jobs in between now and then, but i wasnt making enough to make it worth even bothering with a job at this point. they were taking so much from my checks that i had checks come to me saying zero.
now my son is four years old and i worked a one day job for 2.5 hours [making only 34 bucks after taxes it was a one day help for a blizard kinda thing, and now i have a 25% increase to my already high child support. they tell me i cant have my drivers license till i can pay again, which limits me even more. i am now stuck living with my parents because i just cant find work [people telling me they wont hire me because i havent worked for two years… not even by choice…] and now with this increase coming up for my mistake of working 2.5 hours so i could have money to buy a pair of pants i have to ask what is the point, considering no job i could possibly get would leave me with anything more than maybe 30 bucks after taxes and child support taken from my check.
i dont know what to do anymore