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A man after discovering that his wages are being garnished to pay for child support for a child that isn't his.

Employee gets his wages garnished because someone with a similar name to him owes child support: 'How can they just start taking money from me without any verification as to whether the child is mine?'

A representation of a deadbeat dad, who is trying to guilt his ex-wife out of making him pay his child support payments after his kids have grown up.

Deadbeat dad owes his ex-wife $85K in child support, pressures her to stop payments because their 4 kids are 23-31 years old: 'I never received child support while they were young, ever.'

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Single mom sits on a couch and holds her toddler daughter

Sister-in-law tells expecting 23-year-old single mother of 3 that she's selfish for having another baby: 'She has a 4-year-old, a 2-year-old, and an 8-month-old; the older two are from a deadbeat.'

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Girlfriend breaks up with her 34-year-old boyfriend because he hasn't seen his daughter since April of 2025: 'He sold himself as a great present dad, and I bought it.'

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25-year-old refuses to be the legal guardian of her incapacitated 53-year-old father because he was absent during her whole childhood: 'My uncle suggested it should be me because I’m his daughter'

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Mom exposes deadbeat ex when mother-in-law accuses her of misusing child support for 8-year-old son: 'My ex didn't make a single payment'

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Uncle sends money to the mother of his brother's illegitimate child, exposes him as a deadbeat to their extended family: 'I'll never let him hear the end of it'

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24-year-old refuses to forgive her deadbeat dad who hasn't seen her since she was 10 years old: 'He messaged me, said he misses his little girl and wants to reconnect.'

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Deadbeat dad uses his wife's tax return to pay $7000 worth of unpaid child support without telling her: 'I thought he was making regular monthly payments. We were expecting a refund, but only $175 was deposited.'

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Deadbeat dad asks ex-wife to forgive $65,000 worth of child support he has owed since his daughter turned 18 twenty years ago, mom laughs in his face: 'He's been under a court order to pay me child support since September 1987 and has paid nothing'

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Deadbeat dad's new baby mama shows up unannounced to his 18-year-old daughters house, begs her to have a relationship with her half-brother: 'There was such a deep attempt to shame [me], all the mentions of her child being innocent'