Mom,

You got those tapes from the Dr. Phil show?

FIM

<small>[ January 26, 2005, 04:50 PM: Message edited by: dalson ]</small>

Don't know who dirtdevil is (perhaps dad23b?) but it looks to me like dalson was pretty darn close:

Question: How is child support calculated in Texas?

Answer: The monthly resources of the person paying support are used to determine child support. Calculations are made by taking the gross pay and subtracting taxes withheld and insurance coverage for the child(ren) only. Then the net resources are multiplied by a percentage depending on the number of children involved. For example, if the net resources were $3000/mn. and there are 2 children, 25% of the $3000/mn resulting is a figure of $750 for child support.


More info on alimony, etc. is available here.

Edited to add another good link on calculating child support.

<small>[ January 26, 2005, 03:34 PM: Message edited by: turtlehead ]</small>

Tapes? OOOhhh, aahhh, does not change financials.

Why bother? watch and learn fools.

<small>[ January 26, 2005, 04:51 PM: Message edited by: dalson ]</small>

dirtdevil,

It makes me really sad to see all of this stuff dragged out on a message board.

The fact is still that you are talking about the woman that is still your legal wife and three beautiful children to call your own. I don't think that anyone here is trying to give legal advice, but in one way or another, you are going to have to support those three children. And I have no doubt that you are WILLING to do that unless I'm corrected....

What saddens me that most is that three beautiful children are being dragged thru the mudd. I do not have any children and it is my greatest wish to be a Mom someday. It pains me physically to hear what those three boys have to go thru. For some of us who do not have such an easy time to have children, this is really difficult to read.

I would encourage you to pause for a second and really think about the life of these three boys. I've seen a pic of your boys on the MB Photo Album and they are just darlin.

Please keep in mind that their childhood is the most precious thing and that it is both of your jobs to make this time as memorable and enjoyable as possible.

Kati

hey detective, you must not make more than six grand a month.

Hey dad,

Why all the anger?

I thought you were doing what you wanted to do, you were moving to a place that was going to make you happy?

Why the venom? And why here?

Too many questions, I know.

Just one more...

What would you like to see happen more? Your happiness or Mom's destruction?

<small>[ January 26, 2005, 03:53 PM: Message edited by: Brit's Brat ]</small>

Hey dirtdevil.....

I am not a lawyer "wannabe" I am a licensed attorney who just went through a divorce in Texas (up here in one of the BIG cities up north of the Valley), I also had a da*&n good attorney and know full well that child support amounts in Texas are statutory. Dalson is NOT far off here. I would suggest you ask your da*&n good attorney whether he is Board Certified in Family Law and ask him to provide you withe statutory guidelines...read up on them! Additionally, in Texas, if you have been married more than 10 years spousal support (alimony) may be available. (AND, yes, I make MUCH more than $6,000 a month....) <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" />


Brit's Brat

<small>[ January 26, 2005, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: Brit's Brat ]</small>

So, DD, if you ARE Dad...is this super fun to you? Watching your WIFE'S pain? SHE didn't cause this mess, YOU did.

Quit pointing fingers at everyone but yourself (if it's you).

Your sheninagins are transparent to everyone but you and OW.

You keep OW on the side and still tell Mom you love her and want her and the boys....but you KEEP OW "just in case." In case of what? You and Mom don't work out??? Sorry. Mom doesn't get a safety net, and neither should you....

If you aren't Dad, DD, my apologies. But I know Dad reads...I KNOW he does. If you are...geez! You know, my dh had TWO OC.......and even tho it was rocky, at least he did the right thing BY EVERYONE!

Who knows if we'll make it? At least we're trying. You've yet to try. The only one trying in your relationship with Mamacita is and has been Mamacita.

Shame on you, also, for coming on Mom's support thread. Shame on you! You do this so she won't feel safe. Got news for you bud....she's got friends you DON'T know about that she can turn to...a whole nation full of 'em. If she can't turn here, we'll MAKE a place she can turn to feel safe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Kimmy

<small>[ January 26, 2005, 05:00 PM: Message edited by: graycloud ]</small>

<small>[ January 26, 2005, 04:52 PM: Message edited by: dalson ]</small>

Lets see my happiness is her destruction or is it my destruction is her happiness? hopefully these are not mutually inclusive.

And you, sir, are an insipid, insidious snake.

Oh. Was that a DJ?

My bad.

<small>[ January 26, 2005, 04:49 PM: Message edited by: dalson ]</small>

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by dirtdevil:
<strong> Lets see my happiness is her destruction or is it my destruction is her happiness? hopefully these are not mutually inclusive. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">It's either Ed or the OW.

Either way, you're not a very nice person.

And the sicko game you appear to be playing on this board is an indicator of your mental health.
The lack of which you are revealing to dozens of people. A large number of whom actually know who you are.

How's 'bout this one?
"Your current choices are the destruction of your sons."

How giggly does that make you?

I think you should be turned over to the moderators, your IP traced, your ISP determined and the info should be turned over to M23B to be used as proof of your harrassment and cruelty.

Hey dd,

Well, I hope not, that either would revel in each other's destruction...or is it that you are BOTH in so much pain and want the other to hurt more than you are hurting.

I know, psychobabble.

You've both gotten to a place where it looks like there is no exit...the bitterness, the resentment, the getting even, that appears to escalate...and now to add lawyers to the mix...ugh.

She still wants you Dad, she still loves you, you are still a wonderful person, that hasn't changed. Circumstances and choices can change at any moment. What do you REALLY want? Not, what do you think will probably happen. What is your most bizarre dream to come true, for everyone to be happy sharing you? For Mom to turn into a loving, adoring wife without any resentment?

I hate to see you expend so much of your energy NOT getting what you want (wasting all those calories), and becoming the kind of person you don't want to be...

There is still hope for you to get what you want, it just won't happen overnight. It's like med school, it's a long haul.

If it's an amicable D you want, then that will take time and baby steps, if it's a happy M you want, then it's a long haul and baby steps...it's not going to happen overnight, it's not black and white. Either way, the patient is not well, but can get better once a diagnosis is determined, and the proper treatment is administered, and with a long recovery, will be mended. Either a civil D or a happy M.

<small>[ January 26, 2005, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: StillHereMakingIt ]</small>

The problem with your happiness is that it's external. It's a cheap imitation of something real. If its source goes away you're left with what?

You leave people in your wake as you fight to get it, and you don't care.

GC