Ok, here's the thing that's pi$$ing me off today. You all know I just spent the weekend down visiting family. Here's the thing...... my nephew is out of control. He lies to his mom, backtalks her, hits her. He's basically an a$$ but it's her own fault because she isn't consistant on punishment.
Anyway, last year, she allowed my nephew to go live with his dad here in South Carolina. They had an agreement that out of the $85 a week he paid in child support, she(my sis) would send $60 of that back to him because he was going to have the kid. The other $25 is for back support, so he had no problem letting her keep that. Problem is, she abided by that agreement 3 times, after that, he never received any money during the next 9 months.
There was an incident that happened around February, and my nephew went back to live with his mom. Today, we took him BACK to his dad's. His dad is willing to allow the boy to come back and live with him but he wants my sis to abide by the original agreement, only this time, put it in writing with the courts that they stop the $60 support payments while he has the child. My sister won't agree to this because she "has bills to pay that don't go away just because my son is gone".
In MY opinion, she is totally wrong about all this. If my bil has his son, he shouldn't have to pay child support for the time he has him, if it's over 1 month. This man is the only means of support for his wife and her 3 teens. He works and provides for his family, but if the kid is going to live with him for ANY amount of time, he needs that child support he would have paid my sis to help feed and clothe my nephew. She is refusing to abide by what he would like, and he's afraid if he takes her to court over it, they would stick it to him because he owes her so much back support. He cannot afford that.
I am going back to Florida next week to drop my son off with my sister.I want to try to talk some sense into her, but not sure of what to say. I don't want to offend her, but I want her to understand she is wrong for wanting him to pay support to her when she doesn't have the kid and he does. Any suggestions?? Should I just stay out of it and let them fight it out? What??? HELP!!!!!
