Well, what happened with them was this.... my sister has moved around constantly. She moved one place, so did Lenny, her ex. She moved out of state, Lenny moved somewhere else. She came back to Florida, so did Lenny when he found out. She moved out of state again, Lenny moved away too. She moved back to Florida, Lenny just couldn't do it again. He had established himself by this time, was married and all. My sis lives in central Florida, Lenny lives in central South Carolina. It's about a 7 to 8 hour drive away. Lenny was the one who tried all he could to find them this past time. My sis knew what town he lived in and all, but did not try to actually find him. She just filed for child support and let the state find him. LENNY is the one who took the steps to get a phone number or something for my sister. He got my oldest sister's number from a sweet child support worker who was touched that he was trying to find his son. So it really was not his fault that he didn't pay child support, he couldn't. She had not filed for any, plus he didn't know where she was until she moved back to Florida and filed this last time. The important thing now is that he is here for his son NOW.
The child support is taken directly from Lenny's paycheck. He pays $25 a week for the back support, and $60 a week for the actual child support to stay current. He has no problem paying the back support anytime. The problem he has is when he's got the boy for 9 months, yet my sis KEEPS the current support even though the kid isn't with her. He was fine with her keeping the $25 a week for back support, but the $60, or at least HALF of that she should have sent back to him to pay for my nephew's food and clothing. Lenny couldn't even buy the kid new clothes or shoes while he was there because he couldn't afford it. He was the sole support for a family of 4 teens and two adults at the time. That was including my nephew. Between rent, phone bill, electric, food for them all, where was he supposed to come up with money to get the kid new clothes? That $240 a month he was paying my sister would have come in handy. Ryan could have had new clothes and shoes, or nice school stuff.
My sister is not saving any of that money she gets for his child support. She was living in her boyfriend's house that HE paid for, so she paid no rent, daycare for her other kid, or utility bills. The only thing my sis payed for with her money from work was food for their family, which was her, her boyfriend, their kid, and my nephew. One of my neices lived there too with her baby, but she got WIC and food stamps, so my sister used the WIC and food stamps for the whole house's food, THEN paid for whatever they needed beyond that. The rest of the money she made went towards cigarettes, weed, gas in the cars, whatever else she wanted. There is no savings account for either of her sons, unless the other one's dad is putting something away for him. I am not sure of that. So you see, she doesn't NEED the child support, and especially when the kid isn't with her.
I emailed Lenny yesterday and told him to contact the state of Florida and have them credit all the money he paid during the time Ryan was living with him towards his back child support. This way he has less to pay.
