I'm ready to strangle someone

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STILL dealing with this situation.

We finally were able to get the extra payment stopped by closing our bank account. It was (still is actually) a nightmare. They were unable to block the auto payments to child support. So we just closed the account.

So, yesterday, DH gets a letter in the mail saying he owes money because they were unable to get money out of our bank last week. BUT they did garnish his pay check.

DH called AGAIN, he was told that they can see he over paid but that he owes money????? He was also threatened with losing his driver's license and going to jail (they say he owes $105)

They actually hung up on him.

I sent an email to the Department of Revenue (they also sent a letter yesterday saying he was $0 behind in his child support) and to the Clerk of Courts with the letters from both offices, DH's pay stubs and a screen shot of our bank account showing the over payment.

Apparently, BM applied for state benefits and that is what trigged the department of revenue to become involved and start garnishing his wages. Why? Who the hell knows. He was never been behind.

I am going to be super pissed off if we have to hire a lawyer because these agencies cannot get their shit together.

On a similar note, I have a co-worker that is going through the same thing. His child support is paid to Alaska. FL is calling him saying he is behind (even though he has sent them paperwork showing the garnishment from his paycheck and a recent letter from a judge showing he is not behind). They are also threatening to take his driver's license and put him in jail.

WTF is wrong with this agencies?

On a side note, I don't understand how BM can even qualify for benefits. She has a full time job. She and two other grown men live in her house. She only has one minor child in the home whom she gets child support for. She did ask DH a few months ago if he minded if she lied and told the state she still had custody of SS (He told her not to do it). I wonder if she did lie to them and isn't telling them about her boyfriend and adult son living at the house. She did get in trouble when DH lived with her because she didn't tell the state she had a live in boyfriend. They ended up having to pay back a few thousand dollars.

But who knows, maybe she was 100% honest. I have no idea how it works. I've never applied for state benefits.

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Oh geez, I feel for you and

Oh geez, I feel for you and have been through something similar with DH. He has always paid child support to state A. BM "moved" (more like visited) state B and applied for benefits, not disclosing that she was getting CS. We found this out when state B snagged his tax return. I was livid.

I don't even remember how long it took to straighten out, but it was awhile. I was on the verge of writing the damn governor of state B and suing somebody, I was so pissed. I still have all of the paperwork. I should burn it because just thinking about it pisses me off!

Fortunately, in our case, child support enforcement in state A was very helpful and finally contacted state B and convinced them that DH did NOT owe them a damn thing (even though we gave them proof that he paid CS in state A). They admitted that BM basically committed fraud but were not going to do anything about it. Okay, then.

What is wrong with these agencies? They seem to be able to operate however they damn well please.

I hope you get it straightened out soon.

I'm giving them until next

I'm giving them until next week to contact us with a resolution. In reality, it should only be a few key strokes to straighten out the situation since they freely admit they can see that he has been over paying.

If I don't hear back from them, I am going to start calling lawyers. Not only have they knowingly over charged him they are now threatening him. NOT ok.

Meanwhile in NY our BM has

Meanwhile in NY our BM has gotten away with paying no child support and the CSE tells us there is nothing they can do because when they contact her employer he claims she doesn't work there...even though I have screenshots of facebook posts tagging her as the bartender and pictures from friends that's band plays at the bar, of her working. OH and then there's the pictures of the paystubs BM's sister sent me.

This whole system is incredibly in efficient. People that pay get threatened with jail time, and people that don't just get to drop all their money on drugs, booze and Plan B. Oh wait a minute, BM would never use Plan B. It would go against all she stands for. #3trapbabiesdeep

I'm ready to strangle someone