Tag Archives: child support

My Husband And I Are Afraid of Bankruptcy But Have a Lot of Debt From Child Support and Custody Issues. – Jennifer

“Dear Steve, My husband and I have been married for almost 9 years. About eight years ago we took my ex husband to court for custody issues involving my children. This took about 6 and half years and thousands of dollars. We paid for the court cost and attorney fees by getting cash advances on [...]

Slammed With Child Support, Medical Bills and Other Debt. – Pet

I am sure you have heard this all before, but life went a bit out of control after lung surgery being slammed down w/ medical bills etc., needless to say, I am in over my head w/ credit cards. Already have an second mortgage (equity) loan I can barely afford and to top all off [...]

Fiance’s Student Loans and Child Support Obligation

The following guest post was contributed by Mary Reed, coauthor of Debt Collection Answers: How to Use Debt Collection Laws to Protect Your Rights. She answers questions about how debt collection laws can protect you against abusive debt collectors. If you would like to contribute a guest post, click here. Q: When I marry my [...]

Nasty Divorce, Two Children Involved, and Ex Says They Will File Bankruptcy to Ditch Child Support

“Dear Lewis, I am writing for my daughter and have 2 very simple questions to ask. She has been trying to close up her divorce and custody for 6 yrs. Her ex has been very difficult as far as paying child support, but reluctanly pays an amount that has been court ordered. Needles to say, [...]

Can’t Afford My Credit Cards. Living on Food Stamps, Child Support and College. – Stacy

“Dear Steve, My situation is this. I am in credit card debt in the amount of over $10,000. I have recently moved to try to get a better education to get a better job. I am a single mother with three children and do get government assistance in the form of medicaid and foodstamps. Before [...]

When to Get a Divorce Followed by Bankruptcy? – Christy

“Dear Steve, My husband and I are currently going through divorce (not related to debt), and have approximately $58,000 in joint debt that we are dividing 50/50 (this does not include our individual vehicles). Once we are divorced he will assume responsiblilty to pay over $400 in child support and with that on top of [...]

I Went to Helicopter Flight School and Can’t Afford My Student Loans – Shane

“Dear Steve, I went to helicopter flight school and finished in 2007. I have not been able to find a job flying and struggling to pay my bills. My wife left me leaving me with the house and it is 50k underwater. I owe Sallie Mae about 125k in private loans. Is there anyway to [...]

Child Support Arrears. How Am I Supposed to Pay These Off? – Chris

“Dear Steve, I once earned around $80K and support for my one child was withheld from my pay and sent to my ex. I changed jobs and now make much less money. Despite repeated appeals, I not been able to get a modification order. Now, my daughter is turning 18 and I have lots of [...]

I Can’t Deal With My Back Child Support. It Haunts Me. – Reg

Credit score below 550. Work 2 part time jobs. Make less than $20k. Need to buy a good used car. Moved back in with parents. File as single on tax return. Owe $7000 in back child support so, I haven’t received tax return since 2001. Probably no more than $5k in CC debt. I can’t [...]

Divorced, Family Support Payments, Girlfriend, New Baby, and I’m at the End of My Rope. – Paul

Divorced, family support payments of 2538 a month, girlfriend with new baby, not discharged from bankruptcy. With this big family support payment it has left me in the red every month and I dont know what to do anymore, between rent, truck payment, baby and everything else you need to survive from day to day [...]

I’m Paying Child Support But How Do I Prove It? – Francisco

wife and I split and i have been giving her $700.00 every month but we came to and agreement ans did not take it to court or file for Child support My wife and i just end it a 7 year relation i am currently paying her $700.00 every month for my 5year old daughter. [...]

I Know I’m at a Crossroads But I’m Scared. – Sandy

“Dear Steve, I’ve seen too many changes lately… From changing careers to becoming a single mother, I now owe more on credit cards that I earn. With child support and my income, I somehow still manage to cover the minimums of my $45,000 worth of credit card debt, as well as paying for my mortgage [...]

My Children Landed Me in Debt. – Jane

“Dear Steve, My husband and I have inherited many bills from our children over the last year. One son was in a car accident and was sued by the other party for damages to their vehicle. Since he was under 18 at the time, I had to pay $6000.00 that my husband’s insurance refused to [...]

I’m a Divorced Single Mother and Trying to Make it on Social Security. – Robin

Robin “Dear Steve, Steve; I came through a divorce with $57,000 in debt, but I had decent job and this was not a huge problem but then I became disabled, couldn’t continue working and of course got behind in my payments. My mother know how stressed I was about my financial situation and allowed me [...]

I Have an Appointment With Chestnut Credit Counseling Service to Avoid Bankruptcy.

“Dear Steve, I am in a mess for several reasons….myself, a big drop in income several years ago and because I trusted an unscrupulous mortgage broker. I will soon be losing more income when my child support stops. I am waiting on a possible loan modification. (all most a year now). I have about $45,000 [...]