Child Support and OSC

Sooo, I took everyone's advice and logged onto ezlegalfile.com OMG was that ever easy!! Not to mention I totally didn't need to go to the court house since it printed everything out for me. Easy-Breezy-Rice-and-Cheesey :) Now I have to turn them into the court then serve her. Peachy-F'N-Keen. :)

Now, the child support craziness. Our case is officially open, and her's is being offically audited! Ha Ha Ha Ha it makes the laughter just well up inside me. I was two-hundred-and-ten percent honest on our paper work. If there is one thing I know, it's don't lie to the people who are trying to help you/get you free money. So C got a call on Friday saying the case is open, she's going to get served and we are going to be getting money ASAP. Awesome. Our case was opened in one month! That's pretty good for California. She, on the other hand, filed back in November. She, is not getting money, we have not been served, there is no court date, and you want to know why? She LIED. She told them she made way less than she does and her work reported her and now she has to come up with all her pay stubs to prove she didn't lie! But she did! Talk about screwed. Seriously, how smart do you have to be to know you don't lie to the government? You just don't do it. Greed. The money-grubbing....I could go on but I won't. Puh-thet-ic.

Good News- our next weekend with the demon trio is going to be easy! Demon 1 and 2 (aka 10K and 9K) are going away to winter camp! It will just be Demon 3 all weekend! How relaxing. I don't think I've ever called them the Demon's on here before, but I do it all the time when we have the kids. Context: "You get Demon 1 and 2 and I'll go see what Demon 3 is doing." :)

Thank you everyone for the advise, I followed all of it!!!! :D

Love Love and more Love,
K

Court-part 1 of who knows how many

So we picked up the packet called "Order to Show Cause" hence fourth known as OSC. By we, I mean I went to the court house at 8 am, stood in line to talk to a "Family Law Facilitator" (aka FLF) What do they tell me? At 8 am? Already full for the day! I guess people (aka illegals with 43,000 screaming babies) get there at 4 am to wait in this line to speak to a FLF. I see one of these coveted FLF's walking, slinking more like it, through a side door. I grab her arm. Now, I'm thinking, Great. I'm probably going to get arrested for assault because I just want to ask a simple question. She looks down at me with a glare mingled with pity. (Remember people I'm 5 foot one) I sounded like the little boy in The Christmas Story. This is what came out of my mouth, "I'm-so-sorry-for-grabbing-you-but-I-just-need-to-know-what-I-need-to-file-for-change-of-custody!" For a moment I thought she was going to scream for security or wrench her arm from my pleading grasp and slip through her side door, but instead she must have seen the Earnest need in my eyes because she blessed me with the words, "OSC packet. Down the hall. Family Services." I dropped my hand from her arm and smiled. She didn't smile back.

I am now the proud owner of an OSC packet that is sitting on my dining room table gloating because I haven't the slightest clue what I'm doing, and I'm not going to the court at 4 am. So, basically I understand we are asking for, or more pointedly, C is asking for, a court date to discuss 10K and how we never officially filed for custody of him. In the court paperwork it still says that She has full physical and legal custody which could end badly for us if she gets it in her mind to take him back. I am the one doing the legal circus act filling out 28 pages of paperwork for child support. C sucks at paperwork. Organization and detail are my strong points. So basically we will go to court and say,"Look, it's been this way for over a year, we just want the papers to reflect that, la de da" and he will say okay and stamp it...or do whatever it is Judge's do. Right? If anyone has done this *cough*Stephanie*cough* please let me know if there is anything I should add in there, or exclude or whatever you think. OMG and I forgot the best part!! I get to serve her the papers. hahahahaha that's going to be fun. I'm going to be like the guy in Pineapple Express (great movie). "You've been served!!"

I hope everyone is doing well...I'm ready for my 4 day weekend now. :)