I have children from an ex boyfriend, and one with my ex husband. California Child Support Agency, has done little to nothing over the years to provide the child support I need to sufficiently provide for my children, or advocate a fair amount of child support for my children. My ex boyfriend owes over 70, 000 dollars, and has never spent a day in jail for non support or of his neglect of his children. My ex husband didn't bother to pay any child support until six months after our marriage ended. When the California Child Support Agency finally bothered to open a case for me. I put a request in the second my husband and I were no longer living together.Though neither of these men help with the day to day care of the children, they both pay low child support. When I lost my job, my child support was raised fifty dollars a month, and the judge told me I didn't deserve anymore because my current boyfriend paid most of the bills. Which is bs, the children are my exs children, and not his. Nor is fifty dollars in anyway fair. Judges dealing with child support cases always give the non custodial payments to allow to be minimal. It is my ex's own fault for not paying his child support in the past, not mine. But judges continually give him a break. Which is a complete waste of my time going to court. Many responsible men and women, that are currently raising their children on a day to day basis are getting screwed by this agency. If I had to put my youngest son in daycare, the pittance of child support I get doesn't even cover the cost of daycare. They refuse to reimburse family or friends for caring for the children while I work. The judge even said that if family are taking care of children while custodial parent is working, than the family should do it for free. Which is unfair to the family if they need the extra money for living expenses.

I think most of these judges and this agency is horrible, and unfair to custodial parents. If your a dead beat parent, and don't plan on paying your child support, you can come to CA and only loose your driver's license for non payment of child support... While many children live in proverty, go without needed supplies, or rely on government agencies, for their needs... Because this farce of agency, which should be to advocate the welfare of the children, refuses to do it job sufficiently. Life isn't fair, but the judges, and CCSA employees do little to make it a lot more fair to dead beat parents.