Child support
One of the factors marriage failed was due to parent B taking advantage of parent A’s finances which lead to lies, negative impact on credit, and house almost being foreclosed. Child support amount is written in the legal agreement contract for parents. Parent A has physical custody and parent B has every other weekend.
Legal papers went into effect this month (May) and child support was due on the 1st of the month. Should parent A go after child support or let it go? One option would be spending a lot of money with the lawyers to basically send parent B a message to pay (this parent is fully aware) or go to the child support enforcement office to essentially get the money from his wages. Parent B has history of quitting jobs and it is highly likely he will quit or not even work so to prevent paying child support. Another fear of all this is that parent B may seek more time with the kids so to get child support from parent A. Parent A does not make significant amount but enough to get by for themself and the two almost school age children. What parent A doesn’t want is continues legal appointments to hold someone accountable but also run into financial strain at some point when the money recorded by both parents from selling the marital home runs out.
I’m not sure of any of that made sense. Some advice for peace of mind/reassurance would be great. Thank you.