My ex husband was ordered to pay child support and pay me back child support separately since I proved in court that I borrowed money to take care of our children while he bought a sexy sports car. My ex was determined to delay those payments as much as he could. The child support unit paid me for a month or so-then the money stopped. I would call constantly only to be told they couldn’t collect from an empty account. Well, isn’t it your job to investigate? They claimed they filed a complaint and did nothing. I never received documentation or confirmation. I asked for supervisors and got hung up. I was once told to shut up and stop complaining because there were women who never got a penny. I said my husband works for the city as a police officer and is easy to find and have his wages garnished. I went down in person and was told my case was being “processed” but still got nothing in writing. 4 months later, I called the attorney and told him what happened. He wrote to the judge and sent it via registered mail. A month later, I received an apology from the courts. Another month later, the money came in. It never happened again. My attorney told me that the person who screwed me over at CSU knew my husband and told him to stop putting money in the bank while he made sure that he or his friend either placated me with lies or just acted rude or hung up on me. My attorney asked the judge to investigate as CSU was violating a court ordered support. She did look into it-and found out about the scheme. The guys involved were fired and my ex was told that the child support money would be garnished directly from his paycheck because he knowingly took part in this scam-it was that or be charged with contempt of court. I received the child support money on time until the judge retired and a new judge was put on the case. She reversed the decision, allowing him access to his checks and just depositing the required amount in his account to be forwarded to me. Plus she regularly chopped the support stating “too many ex husbands give too many ex wives too much money over nothing.” She was positive I hustled HIM for money-despite the paper work in front of her. He came to court in nice suits-and I hadn’t bought myself new clothes in 5 years. I showed medical bills he was supposed to pay as per the divorce orders-she said that part would be dropped. The judge was positive he was some poor guy taken by the horrible wife. Until our last court visit. He was paying $50 a month and took me to court 3 months before our youngest son’s birthday. She ordered the support be terminated at the boy’s birthday-but that wasn’t good enough. He demanded she terminate it that day (3 months from that point or abgrand total of $150). They argued back and forth until she lost control and screamed at him. “Has he been an idiot this entire time and I didn’t see it?” She asked me. “Yes, ma’am, but you’re still in luck. You weren’t married or divorced from him.” I answered. She told us to have a nice life far away from her. I never got an apology from him or that judge. But I was glad it was over with.