I am a posting out of desperation for being alienated by my mooching baby mama. The court ordered me to pay $850 a month and went off income that i no longer have and i lost the job way before child support went to court so in no way was it to avoid child support. i got this job by pure luck and the company lost some people after Covid, the job required hazmat, which i had: The courts do not care to hear that it is impossible to get a job where we live again paying $26, the job was pure luck. The moocher mother has NEVER had a real taxable job even prior to having children, she has a side hustle which she makes about 1k a week if not more, I will discuss in the comments if anyone wants to know. I brought proof to the court of her making this money (bank statements, pics of her holding wads of cash, buying vehicles cash.) He did not input it into her pay? He still has her $7.25. I have not made even close to 26 an hour in 2 years and I’ve had two other jobs and took a pay cut because they were the only jobs I could get in my city, and I was left with $200 a week and wasn’t able to pay my rent, I couldn’t afford to stay at the place- broke the lease now I owe 5K, i also do not have a vehicle so getting a job is difficult. Here’s my issue and what I’m trying to understand, the court chose an amount that is not valid nor accurate, I told them I couldn’t pay it, they set it anyway, I am now behind, I can’t afford a lawyer, they don’t listen to what I say, she went to cs and they trying to serve me for non payment (I’ve only been able to pay about 100 dollars a month) , I get put in jail it still accumulates.. so what is the end goal to unrealistic payments? Google says to hire a lawyer. If I had 10k to pay a lawyer I would just make my payments. She lives with her parents and gets EBT so I am not sure what “shelter, food and clothing” I am providing. She is also on probation and violated it in November and has a court hearing soon. When I did work my next job, and child support was active I offered to put my kids on insurance and she would not let me knowing child support would decrease. I am venting but also asking for help as I have no one to help me navigate this process and she truly has nothing to lose and has all the time and money to ruin my life