Child Support

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We’re costing married folks too much money

By singlemomseeking ⋅ April 15, 2008 ⋅ 20 comments

News flash: Crazy Computer Dad just led me to this CNN story in which married folks say single moms are costing them way to much money — up to $112 billion dollars!
The Georgia State University study released today claims that “divorce and unwed childbearing — besides being bad for children — are costing taxpayers a [...]

Shameless self-promotion, the Spitzers, and the McCartney divorce

By singlemomseeking ⋅ March 18, 2008 ⋅ One comment

If you haven’t read Random Esq’s post today, apparently I made him trip down a flight of stairs yesterday. Not on purpose. I swear!
This “random attorney” — who doesn’t have a single mom girlfriend, but sure has a lot of single mom fans — was reading my email on his cell phone when he was [...]

“I’m always so tired of seeing articles about single moms”

By singlemomseeking ⋅ January 25, 2008 ⋅ 16 comments

UPDATE: What timing. Just after I wrote this post, four spankin’ new hardcover copies of Trey Ellis‘ memoir arrived.
Bedtime Stories: Adventures in the Land of Single-Fatherhood officially comes out on Feb. 5. I’m going to give away four copies — to two single moms and two single dads — who comment here in [...]

I never saw a cent of child support — did you?

By singlemomseeking ⋅ January 9, 2008 ⋅ 15 comments

But then again, I didn’t think I would.
After my daughter’s father split town in the year 2000, I moved back to California to be closer to my family. This is where I began the legal work to get sole custody, which was fairly cut-and-dry. I filled out the paperwork by myself — with the help [...]