Comments on: Riddle Me This.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:48:53 +0000

That poor woman. The inability to not cash a check! It must be a disease, my ex wife suffers from the same syndrome.

By: Plain Jane

Plain Jane — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 01:15:12 +0000

Laura said it about as well as I might have. The nerve of some people’s children…. :duh:

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:58:32 +0000

I’m just shaking my head, Leanne. some people in this world……

By: LadyBug Crossing

LadyBug Crossing — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:07:21 +0000

Why am I not surprised?!
LadyBug

By: better safe than sor

better safe than sor — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:32:35 +0000

maybe the mom should be charged for cashing those cheques she’s not entitled too, it’s kind of like fraud, isn’t it?

By: Patti

Patti — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:53:48 +0000

After working for a family law attorney quite a few years … sadly, it’s not unusual. Expecting DFAS (DYFS where I came from) to do their job in a timely manner is a joke, a bad one. Cashing the checks and using it for purposes other than the “child” is a big no-no. Most courts would make her pay it back.

By: Shelli

Shelli — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:21:50 +0000

Seriously, some people are so selfish and self centered that they just don’t get how the real world works. :brickwall:

By: Mom

Mom — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:02:58 +0000

….. and some people get “X’s” like mine…. what’s that expression… “The buck stops here!” @18.
She’s so lucky, she’s stupid.

By: Leanne

Leanne — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:45:18 +0000

It’s kindof like paying a bill. If you overpay, the money isn’t held in a credit account for future use, they clear your account to zero and return the overpayment. Apparently, legally, if you’re not obligated to pay past the 18th birthday (and I’m just guessing that the mother knows when the child turned 18), any continued payments should be marked “return to sender” unless there are other arrangements on the divorce decree. That he wasn’t surprised at this response says that
(1) She’s always been a sassyfrass,
(2) She thought he should have called/e-mailed and asked her nicely not to cash checks that weren’t hers anymore,
(3) that DFAS (or anyone else) would stop the withholding they started by court order just because “you say so”,
(4) She spent the money on things other than taking care of the child, considering the child moved out (to our knowledge) when he graduated last summer, and now she’s throwing a tantrum,
(5) She really truly believes that because she didn’t ask for the checks to keep coming that they were gifts, or something.

I think that covers it. 😛