Bankruptcy Reform Hits Women Hard

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 21:43:58 -0400, "Kenneth S."
wrote:


wrote in message
roups.com...
The Bill will actually provide protection for children that depend on
child support. When a parent files for bankruptcy, the child support
payments will be protected.

The above is a rather misleading message. One clue is the use of the
word "parent," instead of "father." In how many cases, do you think, is
"child support" being paid by a mother? Very, very few -- in fact, for some
time, I've been looking for a mother who pays CS,

I paid child support when my son was not living with me (he is grown
now) just as the court ordered... the full amount, every month, and on
time. I am a mother, by the way.

so that I can become her
agent, and have her appear in such places as Ripley's Believe It or Not
exhibits. "And in the next cage, beside the bearded lady, we have a mother
who is paying child support." (By the way, if anyone knows of a bearded
lady, who is also a mother, and who pays CS, please let me know. A finder's
fee will be paid.)

In addition, I have doubts about whether the new bankruptcy law makes
any material difference to the fathers who are paying CS to the mothers of
their children. I'm virtually certain that for some time the position has
been that CS is excluded from bankruptcy proceedings, and that mothers can
continue to collect it regardless of the dire financial straits in which
fathers find themselves. The main purpose of the new bankruptcy law was to
protect a specific category of usurious lenders -- the credit card
companies.

What happens with bankruptcy laws is a measure of the political clout of
banks and other lenders, just as what DOESN'T happen in domestic relations
law is a measure of the political weakness of fathers.

Hey I know one such mother, a little testosterone therapy would help
with the facial hair, and there you have it!!