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Maintenance from the US

  • 05-08-2015 10:36pm
    #1
    Faye560
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭


    I've just sent off forms to maintenance recovery today my son's dad lives in New York with his wife and and has never seen him. I'd love to hear some success stories I know will be long process but just to give me hope!!


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  • #2
    ComfortKid
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    Faye560 wrote:
    I've just sent off forms to maintenance recovery today my son's dad lives in New York with his wife and and has never seen him. I'd love to hear some success stories I know will be long process but just to give me hope!!


    Are you employed at the moment?


  • #3
    Faye560
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭Faye560


    ComfortKid wrote: »
    Are you employed at the moment?

    Yes


  • #4
    Jotunheim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭Jotunheim


    ComfortKid wrote: »
    Are you employed at the moment?


    What has that got to do with the OP's question?


  • #5
    ComfortKid
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭ComfortKid


    Jotunheim wrote:
    What has that got to do with the OP's question?


    Because if she was unemployed and on single parents, what ever amount the father gives her would be deducted from her Single parent payment, so it wouldn't really be worth her time.


  • #6
    Jotunheim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭Jotunheim


    ComfortKid wrote: »
    Because if she was unemployed and on single parents, what ever amount the father gives her would be deducted from her Single parent payment, so it wouldn't really be worth her time.


    That's very inaccurate and misleading and really has no place here. Income from maintenance is assessed as means as part of an overall formula, not simply deducted. Apart from the fact that it doesn't apply to the OP and isn't the advice or information she's seeking, it's a bit off to go passing out that kind of disinformation.


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  • #7
    MrWalsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭MrWalsh


    ComfortKid wrote: »
    Because if she was unemployed and on single parents, what ever amount the father gives her would be deducted from her Single parent payment, so it wouldn't really be worth her time.

    Course it would still be worth her time. Both parents should be financially responsible for the child.


  • #8
    Faye560
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭Faye560


    Hi he's never given any money just want to see has anyone been through this process is it effective?


  • #9
    irishgirl19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,609 ✭✭✭irishgirl19


    No always the way. My friends ex pays her 50pw and she has told me 30e is deducted from her payment


  • #10
    Taltos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,830 ✭✭✭✭Taltos


    mod note
    ComfortKid & jotunheim, PI is not the place for off topic discussions. Please take that conversation elsewhere. Also if you can't be civil in your posting you'll soon find PI isn't for you.

    Posts deleted.

    Thanks.


  • #11
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    Yes, I know of people who took a case though the american system, testified to the US court by telephone, and the maintenence was deducted from his wages. Treoir was very useful. Ireland and the US have some sort of legal agreement on this.

    But iirc the amount of paperwork to get the process going was incredible - but worth doing. Maintenence continues to the age of 21 in the US as far as I know. Anyway, the process was really difficult in the beginning, and I think was done through the US embassy, but worth it.


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  • #12
    Faye560
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭Faye560


    Thanks I just sent everything off to maintenance recovery this week . I'd love if his Dad would meet him and my son knew him it's been so long now 8 years.


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