A Bartlett mother and her seven children are about to lose their home.
The mother says her husband walked out on the family. Now she says she can’t get Juvenile Court to make him pay child support.
Gina Holmes is trying to make ends meet on her own, but because of health reasons she can’t work. Holmes petitioned Juvenile Court for child support February 27, 2006. Now nearly seven months later she still is waiting for a court date.
Holmes say she had it all — beautiful children, a wonderful home, and a loving husband until she says he walked out last October for another woman. Holmes calls it a “heartbreaking” loss but says nothing compares to the stress of trying to provide for her children, pay bills, and deal with what she calls an unresponsive court system.
[...] Child support enforcement, while it can help ensure that you get the money you need from an ex-partner or ex-spouse to help you support your children, can also be expensive and difficult for both you and your children. Child support enforcement can by avoided from the very beginning by making divorce and child support arrangements as water-tight and as amicable as possible. If you and your ex-partner agree to a consistent plan, there is simply a better chance that both of you will actually stick to the plan. This will not only create less friction but will also ensure that the child support keeps arriving. According to experts, there are several ways that you can help your child get the support they need, right from the beginning: [...]
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