Comment from chester jenkins
Time: February 6, 2008, 12:03 pm

i am very disappointed in the family court system in weakley co tn. i just went through a nasty divorce and went in to court and PROVED that my ex wife was lieing brought forward wittness that confermend my testamoney and after 6 months and many thousands of dollers i still lost and she got every thing including our 6 yr old child who i had taken care of by my self for nearly 2 yrs there is no justice in weakley co tn. all i am is a walking A.T.M. machine i proved my ex was a unfit parent and i still lost what is a man to do? respectfully Chester E. Jenkins Martin Tn.

Comment from papa
Time: February 6, 2008, 3:41 pm

Hi Chester, thank you for stopping by and commenting. Believe me… I know the frustration and disgust you are feeling with the family court system. I have felt it myself. This last time in family court I actually did pretty well. I have a long post about it on the front page. But, this isn’t about me. It’s about you. And, you are rightfully disappointed in the system.

You ask what a man’s supposed to do. I’ll tell you. A man’s got to hang in there and stay positive and not give up! There are always set backs in life, but, remember what you are fighting for: to give your child the best possible future. And, don’t give up. Keep a positive attitude and stay focused on the objective.

Comment from tj
Time: March 6, 2008, 1:50 pm

i have a situation where the child is nine months and i am not sure he is mine. i have not sighned any papaers or established paternity. this has been a mess since day one. she hte mom mentionthat just leave it along and go separate ways but i know she can in 2 to 3 years go file for paternity and childsupport and if proven the child is mine then back childsupport will be added. is there a legal way to just give up my rights as a father and never worry about the challenge of later paying support or paternity. please email me back soon. i saty in tennessee.

Comment from papa
Time: March 6, 2008, 6:43 pm

tj, check out this post.

Comment from Step mom
Time: March 13, 2008, 10:36 am

My husband’s children are being kept from him by their mom. She was the abuser (she ran over the dad with a car, he never made a report, she pushed him down a flight of stairs, he never made a report, and she hired someone to attempt physical harm, he never made a report). When settling (if that’s what you want it called) she became the sole custodial parent and well he is the non-custodial parent. We have payed all of our child support since way before the divorce was ever finalled and still continue to do so. We have seen the two boys about a total of 3 months may be only 2 months since the divorce and that was in May 2006 before that date there were visitation because had no documents to force the visitations. Since the papers came in we were able to have cops try to get her to follow the court orders only a few times. The cops grew tired of coming out every other weekend and told us to take her to court and hold her in contempt. Then after paying the attorney $1,000 and 3 months later and nothing; but harrassment of her childishness we left Tennessee and we still don’t get visitation or even a phone call (unless we are able to catch her not home and Grandma’s there), We are still paying child support of more than half our income and she’s not giving us our overpaid rights to the children. There are 2 children in our home and he is the most amazing Father to them so I know that her problem has nothing to do with children she is blockading from him. She does have the upperhand and that’s because he made the choice to have the violence away and nowhere in sight of the kids. It’s too bad that because he is male it is hard for him to prove fit; SOCIETY has completely made this all of this possible. And me being the only step-mom am not able to help him fight I have to remain in the background. So What Do We Do????????????