Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Abandonment and support

Today, my one and only comment on the annulment forum posted way back 2005 reaped its 27th respondent.

The lady who wrote me asked how she can file for abandonment and support. She has a sickly son who is now 12 and not receiving any dime from the father. The father usually visits his son whenever he wishes but support is now where in sight.

This mother has to work far from her child just to earn a living. She is now asking about filing an annulment and seeking support.

The advice of the lawyer is for her to file for abandonment and support. This is a criminal case.

She only needs to prepare herself physically, mentally, emotionally and financially.

Why is this so?

First, courtroom battles need your emotional strength to deliver your case. The lawyer of the other party will be grilling you enough that you will feel it better that you did not try this arena.

Secondly, stress will surely get in as you try to earn money and make time to attend hearings of your case.

Finally, you need to spend for filing fee, transportation, lawyer's fees and other miscellaneous fees.

Court battles as I have mentioned will take a lot from you. But for this lady, I feel it is the best route to take.

Many women refuse to get out of their comfort zone to avoid the grilling courtroom battle. They stop their fight because it may be uncomfortable; their husbands therefore luckily roam around conveniently because their wives will not file any case anyway.

This is wrong and therefore, I comment women who have the courage to fight their battle. They will surely win their war rather than just sit and carry the burden to raising their kids alone.

You can say life is unfair, if you allow it to be.

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