There seems to be a lot of corruption in caretaking in general, there's a lot of elder abuse in old folks' homes as well

Did I ever tell you about the time where the nurses gave me dirty looks when I cleaned my dads balls for him because no one was cleaning him... also bringing him clean undies every week gets expensive because no one would help him wipe his bum

No. That's fucked up

That's awful

I get that it's a stressful job, it probably has some negative mental impacts, but that's not okay

I'm in favor of caretakers and police getting regular mental evaluations

Well once when I wasn’t there he tried to wipe himself and burst his stitches and got blood and lymph fluid all over the floor, was sitting the buzzing for the nurses for about 15 minutes because an angry nurse came in to yell at him for buzzing so much

Holy hell, I think I'd much rather die before I ever had to be put in one of those places

I am a full time caretaker now, it’s fun how little support I get

That's fucking disgusting. Surely that warrants being reported. Negligence leading to complications and harm. Not to mention psychological stress

My dad talked to the solicitor and they said they didn’t want the case

There is a lot more shit that hospital did that they should be sued for, but it’s a bit complicated

Annoying but I understand.

Without money things are difficult to fix or hold people accountable

Also I think he is a bit done with courts on top of everything else xD

Fair.

Also child support was still happening when this was all happening xD

Pretty difficult to fight a court case while also having to pay child support

For context, my mum has kicked me out of home, my dad was in hospital and couldn’t pay it, so I payed for the child support that was meant to me for raising me... the child

System is fucked

That is disgusting, are there no allowances for being *literally physically unable to work*?

A genuinely Kafkaesque nightmare.

Pretty sure there are laws where being in a coma is no excuse for missing support payments

Well, shit. That might just be the best excuse I've ever seen to not get anyone pregnant

Reminds me of seeing this today

What would they even do to someone who's comatose and missing child support payments anyway? Cart his body off to court and then to prison? 😬

Like I realize that's being facetious but how would they even enforce that

Just financially ruin him when he wakes up.

Well there was a guy who was captive in the Middle East, when he was finally released he was arrested as soon as he got home because of overdue child support

So you say you are being facetious but I honestly wouldn’t put that past them xD

That is genuinely awful, imagine the kids being ecstatic just to have their father back from a life threatening situation, and then... boom, he's arrested

Also if you miss one payment ever, no matter the reason, you are actually “legally” labeled as a deadbeat dad for the rest of your life

Which can be held against you in future

In court

Sorry, just curious, what country do you live in? I noticed "mum" so presumably not America

Australia

😃

Child support seems to be unfair no matter the country, it’s just insanity

Australia is actually kind of lucky as it is one of few countries that doesn’t have Alimony

What about the "splitting the property" thing?

Are you sure it's not just called spousal maintenance? That's what it is in the UK