Contact you local newspapers to get your story and Responsible Adults Against Deadbeats Organization out in the public. It may take a few times to get them to do a story but they will. They most likely will do it as a human interest story.

If you get your story or your letter to the editor, published please send a copy to the President, Shelley Andrews by e-mail at antideadbeat@aol.com or by mail to:
Responsible Adults Against Deadbeats PO Box 1355 Lebanon, NH 03766. We will publish it here!!

First Steps Towards Getting Child Support Written By Shelley Andrews, President of RAAD Published by SingleMomz

First Steps Towards Getting Child Support
Written by Shelley J. Andrews
President of Responsible Adults Against Deadbeats Organization © 2001

Get a court order for child support

1. If married filing for divorce ask for a temporary order for child support immediately.

Do not wait on promises from your ex.

1. At the hearing demand a wage attachment. Do not believe your ex's promises.
2. If you were never married to the child's father and he has left, go for an immediate child support hearing. At the hearing demand a wage attachment. Do not believe your ex's promises.
3. Do not be surprised if you ex-husband or ex-boyfriend demands a paternity test. This happens on a regular basis.

Keep records

1. Document everything. His/her complete name, alias, social security number, date of birth, employers name and addresses, friends, relatives names, addresses and phone numbers.
2. Keep all letters from your ex. This may come in handy years down the road.
3. When you get a State Child Support Enforcement officer, get their names and their supervisor's name also. Child Support Enforcement officers change frequently. Make sure to keep up to date on all caseworkers information.
4. When dealing with Child Support Enforcement make sure document all phone calls, date, time you called and whom you spoke with. Also, what took place during the phone calls.

Keep track of all child support payments

1. Do not accept cash. This could be used against you. You could be asked in court if you ever received cash payments for child support. Your ex may have given you $50.00 and he/she might tell the court he gave you $200.00. Depends on the judge who he will believe.
2. Make your ex file his child support payments thru Child Support Enforcement in your state.
3. If your ex pays you before the court order make sure he/she writes in the check memo section child support payment for week 1-1-01 thru 1-7-01 for Amanda and Adam Jones.
4. Maintain a payment journal for all child support payments. This is very important. You will be asked this time and time again by child support enforcement. You will want your information to be right up to date to provide the most current amount paid and what is currently owed to you.

Non-Payment of Child Support is Child Abuse!!!
Deadbeat Parents Need to Become Extinct!!!
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