You can bet that if a man fails to pay
child support, the judge will take away
future earnings and, regardless
of the reason he cannot pay, will access
fines, fees, interest, license revocation,
and more, which adds consternation,
and doesn’t help to increase his income,
but the courts will show no concern.
The law has no interest in the bond
of father and child or the harm
of a separation; it’s like child abuse.
Judicial ignorance offers no excuse.

But let a mother refuse to allow a child
time with the father, the dad must file
a motion to the court to plead his case
and while he’s waiting, time will waste,
and he will not get to see his kid.
Laws must change. There should be quid
pro quo, because after all, the decree
that orders the man to forfeit his salary
is the same one that spells out when
each parent can see the children.
If all will adhere to the proclamation,
then all will know their expectation.

But how is a judge supposed to decide
to make up for the time that Mum denied?
If she alienated the child at Christmas,
how’s Dad to make up the time he missed?
The child will never have another day like this.
There will never be another December 25th.
Or, suppose it was the child’s 10th birthday;
once that day has passed, it’s gone away.
Do you think you can make up for lost time?
That logic is wrong; get it out of your mind.
The Wisdom of Solomon is what we lack.
When time is gone, we can’t get it back

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