My friend got divorced last year – about September, I think. She is a working mother, earning a good salary. She’s single, with two children. She is the main custodian.
Her ex-husband has moved in with another single mother, a divorced woman with two children. She also works and receives maintenance for her two children.
My friend’s ex has approached the CSA to apply for a reduction in his child support, as he is now living with two children. They are not his own children, their father accepts his responsibility for them and pays his own child support.
My friend is in the process of losing 20% of her child support, which wasn’t terribly high, in the first place. As a lone parent, she pays the bills, mortgage, childcare, etc etc
Can someone please explain the logic behind this reduction. I’m not interested in opinions of the evilness of single mothers, I just want an explanation of why my friend’s children are now to be deprived of quite a large portion of their support.
This is a decision by the CSA. Nothing to do with lawyers.
If you check the website (I didn’t believe this either) you will see that this is so. CSA is now run by the Pensions and Works department.

I am currently working, single mother of one, and not receiving child support for the past 3 months-I went into the DHHR office to update my son’s WV Chip insurance – and although I am not receiving child support- the only "So called support " I was qualified for was .00 in Food Stamps for the month of December 2007 – I have a 16 year old son – what is .00 in food stamps going to do for me and my son on the holidays. I kindly walked out – but it’s sad that even single parents working full time jobs don’t have the support – because of their guide lines of who is qualified – I say they need to raise the guide lines of monthly income – buying groceries is high everywhere.

P.S. Ms. Oprah if you are ever reading this – Please have minority issues addressed – the NAACP did not help me when I needed them to stand up for my rights!

Thank You
Ms. Evelyn M. Lewis-Keene
Huntington, West Virginia 25701