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*** CURRENTLY OWED $17,000.00 IN BACK CHILD SUPPORT. 

AND MY SON WAS DENIED 'CONTINUATION OF CHILD SUPPORT' WHILE HE'S IN TRADE SCHOOL. EVEN THOUGH I SUBMITTED THE PAPERWORK IN TIME- IN EARLY AUGUST 2025.

ME & MY SON WERE EVICTED ON 6/22/2024 DUE TO MAJOR MEDICAL ISSUES (MYSELF) & LITERALLY LOSING OUR HEALTH INSURANCE THAT EXACT MONTH (FALL 2023). I RAISED MY SON FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS, BY MYSELF, WITH NO PHYSICAL OR FINANCIAL HELP. BECAUSE OF THE EXCRUCIATING PAIN, I WASN'T WORKING & FELL BEHIND ON THE BILLS. 

** AT THAT TIME, WE WERE OWED 11K IN BACK CHILD SUPPORT. WE ARE NOW OWED 17K. 

[☆☆☆☆ TWELVE CHILD SUPPORT HEARINGS SINCE OUR EVICTION. SEVEN DIFFERENT JUDGES. NOT ONE JUDGE HAS ORDERED ANYTHING TO BE PAID. MORE ON THAT BELOW.]

*** AND WE ALSO FOUND OUT IN LATE MAY 2024, THAT MY EX-HUSBAND WAS WORKING FOR CASH, FULL TIME (AND OVERTIME HOURS), SINCE- ATLEAST- THE BEGINNING OF MARCH 2024. HE HADN'T PAID A PENNY IN MONTHS. I GAINED HARDCORE EVIDENCE OF HIM WORKING FOR CASH. PICTURES, A VIDEO, ADMISSIONS, EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE WITH MY CHILD SUPPORT CASEWORKER... HE WORKED THERE UNTIL THE END OF JUNE 2024. THAT EVIDENCE IS ON MY INSTAGRAM PAGE. 

☆☆☆ MY EX-HUSBAND KNEW THAT WE WERE FACING EVICTION AND EVEN MOCKED ME FOR IT. HE KNEW THE WHOLE SITUATION. 

 

☆☆☆ HE PURPOSELY CAUSED OUR EVICTION AND HOMELESSNESS, WHICH THEN FORCED ME AND MY SON APART ON AUGUST 8, 2024. HE WILLFULLY WITHHELD CHILD SUPPORT. 

☆☆☆ HE OWED 10.5K ON THE DAY THAT WE WERE EVICTED. 

****** HE WAS WORKING FULL TIME, FOR CASH- IN OUR TOWN- FOR FOUR MONTHS, WHEN WE LOST OUR HOME. THE 3.2K IN CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS LOST- FOR THOSE FOUR MONTHS ALONE, LEADING UP TO OUR EVICTION (THAT HE WAS AWARE OF), WOULD HAVE PREVENTED OUR EVICTION. 

*** $10,500.00 OWED ON THE DAY OF OUR EVICTION- ON 6/22/2024.

I HAVE OVERWHELMING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF THAT~ ALL ON MY PETITION INSTAGRAM PAGE.

** OVERWHELMING HARDCORE EVIDENCE OF WILLFULL NONPAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT FOR OVER FIFTEEN YEARS. 

SINCE OUR EVICTION, WE'VE HAD **TWELVE CHILD SUPPORT HEARINGS!!! 

ON 7/25/2024 (ONE MONTH AFTER OUR EVICTION- WHICH LED TO OUR HOMELESSNESS), JUDGE JAMES DEMARZO OF MORRIS COUNTY, NJ FAMILY COURT, ORDERED ZERO DOLLARS TO BE PAID. (KNOWING EVERYTHING)

HE DID HOWEVER, PUT A 'ONE MISSED PAYMENT- BENCH WARRANT CAN BE ISSUED' ORDER IN PLACE. THAT DAY, MY EX-HUSBAND OWED OVER 11K. 

HE NOW OWES 17K. 

NO ARRESTS- WITH MORE EVIDENCE OF WILLFUL NONPAYMENT- AND COUNTLESS NO SHOWS IN COURT-

UNTIL FINALLY THIS PAST OCTOBER 2025.

*** THE FIRST ARREST- EVER--- IN FIFTEEN YEARS--- FOR NONPAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT!!!!

ONLY TO BE RELEASED WITH NO BAIL AND ORDERED TO PAY ZERO DOLLARS IN CHILD SUPPORT!!!!

*** NO ARRESTS EVER FOR THE COUNTLESS NO SHOWS FOR COURT HEARINGS, INCLUDING FIVE SINCE OUR EVICTION. THREE OF THOSE NO SHOWS WERE BEYOND INTENTIONAL BECAUSE IT ALLOWED HIM TO COERCE MY SON INTO EMANCIPATING (EVIDENCE OF THIS ON MY INSTAGRAM PAGE), WHICH HE DID- THROUGH MORRIS COUNTY, NJ- **AFTER OUR CASE WAS SENT TO ORANGE COUNTY, NY IN MAY 2025- THE NJ COURT HEARING WAS IN SEPTEMBER 2025- WHICH MY EX-HUSBAND SHOWED UP FOR, OFCOURSE. THE THREE MISSED ORANGE COUNTY, NY HEARINGS (THAT HE WAS SUCCESSFULLY SERVED FOR) WERE BETWEEN AUGUST & OCTOBER 2025. AT THE SEPTEMBER NJ HEARING FOR EMANCIPATION, JUDGE PETER BOGAARD DID NOT READ MY OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE IN MY OPPOSITION & DID NOT ALLOW ME TO SPEAK (AND ALSO MOCKED ME TO MY SON & MY EX-HUSBAND). HE SEPARATED THE CHILD SUPPORT CASE INTO TWO CASES (12K TO MY SON, 5K TO ME- WHICH IS WHAT I ACTUALLY REQUESTED- FOR GOOD REASON-AFTER MY SON REQUESTED THE WHOLE AMOUNT TO GO TO HIM). HE ALSO DID NOT ORDER THE TOTAL AMOUNT OWED TO BE PAID IN A LUMP SUM ASAP, BECAUSE HE DID NOT REVIEW MY OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE OF WILLFUL NONPAYMENT FOR FIFTEEN YEARS. ON TOP OF THAT, HE ***LOWERED THE CURRENT WEEKLY PAYMENT (THAT MY EX NEVER PAYS ANYWAY) FROM $201/ WEEK TO $100/ WEEK!!!! ($30/ WEEK TO ME, $70/ WEEK TO MY SON)----- WHICH WOULD TAKE ***THREE MORE YEARS TO PAY OFF---- AND THAT'S ***IF**** HE PAID EVERY WEEK, ON TIME!!!!!!! AND, NO ONE ASKED THE JUDGE TO LOWER THE WEEKLY PAYMENT, NOT EVEN MY EX-HUSBAND!!!!

ALSO, MY SON WAS ***DENIED*** CONTINUATION OF CHILD SUPPORT- WHILE HE'S IN TRADE SCHOOL,  WHICH HE CURRENTLY IS. I SUBMITTED THE FORMS- IN TIME- IN EARLY AUGUST---- ***BEFORE MY SON WAS EMANCIPATED.

I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING TO FIGHT THAT, TO NO AVAIL. I WAS THEN TOLD AFTER HIS EMANCIPATION, THAT MY SON WOULD HAVE TO TAKE MY EX BACK TO COURT HIMSELF, TO FIGHT THAT!!! 

THE INTENTIONAL THREE NO SHOWS GOT MY EX-HUSBAND OUT OF PAYING CONTINUATION OF SUPPORT FOR YEARS, GOT THE WEEKLY PAYMENTS CUT IN HALF, 

****AND---- ONCE HE SHOWED UP TO THE NY HEARINGS IN OCTOBER & NOVEMBER--- WITH A FREE NY ATTORNEY--- I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET A FREE NY ATTORNEY AFTER TRYING FOR ONE MONTH--- HE GOT ONE IN TWO DAYS, ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND WHILE INCARCERATED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER FOR NONPAYMENT & HIS ATTORNEY WAS READY & PREPARED FOR COURT IN THOSE TWO DAYS. HIS ATTORNEY GOT THE WHOLE CHILD SUPPORT CASE DISMISSED!!!!!

*** BECAUSE HE SAID, 'NY CAN'T ENFORCE AN "OLD" ORDER, BECAUSE OF THE "NEW" NJ ORDER...

WHAT?!!!!

BECAUSE MY EX DIDN'T APPEAR FOR THE FIRST THREE HEARINGS!!!! THAT'S HOW WE GOT A "NEW" ORDER!!!

AND HOW WAS MY SON EVEN ALLOWED TO FILE IN NJ WHEN THE CHILD SUPPORT CASE WAS SENT TO NY- AGAIN- BY 'NJ CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES' (WHEN I BEGGED THEM NOT TO!!!!!! HE DOESN'T KEEP HIS ADDRESS CURRENT BECAUSE OF THE CHILD SUPPORT & ALSO RESTITUTION FOR THEFTS & HIS SISTER HAS HAD CUSTODY OF HIS OTHER CHILD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS & HIS SON HAS ATTENDED SCHOOL THERE IN MORRIS COUNTY, NJ FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.) HE AND HIS ATTORNEY ALSO LIED UNDER OATH. 

AND MAGISTRATE BARBARA OPOKU AFRIYIE AGREED WITH MY LYING, SCHEMING, MALICIOUS EX-HUSBAND & HIS ATTORNEY AND DISMISSED THE CASE!!!!!!!

*** TWELVE CHILD SUPPORT HEARINGS SINCE OUR EVICTION. 

**** SEVEN DIFFERENT JUDGES IN MORRIS COUNTY, NJ & ORANGE COUNTY, NY. 

NOT ONE JUDGE ORDERED MY EX-HUSBAND TO PAY. 

1. Judge James DeMarzo- Morris County, NJ 

2. Judge Peter Bogaard- Morris County, NJ 

3. Judge Victoria Campbell- Orange County, NY 

4. Magistrate Barbara Opoku Afriyie- Orange County, NY (COUNTLESS TIMES)

5. HEARING OFFICER KIRA STRUBLE- MORRIS COUNTY, NJ- JULY 2024

6.  JUDGE RACHELLE KAUFMAN- ORANGE COUNTY, NY- AUGUST 2025

7. MAGISTRATE CELESTE BAILEY- ORANGE COUNTY, NY- DECEMBER 2025

READ ON ABOUT THE COUNTLESS HIDEOUS STORIES OF WILLFUL NONPAYMENT. 

MY INSTAGRAM PAGE SHOWS THE EVIDENCE. 

ANY OF THOSE JUDGES COULD HAVE SAVED THE DAY & BROUGHT US OUT OF HOMELESSNESS & BACK TOGETHER. WE ARE STILL APART- (ONLY BECAUSE OF FINANCES). 

MY SON THEN BECAME ALIENATED FROM ME, OUT OF NOWHERE, ON DECEMBER 8, 2024, WHEN HE WENT 'NO CONTACT' WITH ME. FOR NO GOOD REASON. NO ABUSE. EVER. NOTHING LIKE THAT.

OVER ONE YEAR AGO. 

WE WERE BEST FRIENDS. MY WHOLE WORLD IS DESTROYED. 

THIS WAS THE PLAN OF MY EX-HUSBAND AND HIS WEALTHY FAMILY. (ALONG WITH MY TOXIC FAMILY.)

THE SYSTEM IS BEYOND BROKEN. 

♡♡ IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HELP ME GET MY LIFE BACK, MY BOY BACK AND HELP ME TO GET OUT OF HOMELESSNESS, MY GIVESENDGO LINK IS: 

https://www.givesendgo.com/emergencyhelpforsinglemom_zakk

AND MY VENMO IS: @Tanya-Zakk 

*** PETITION AMENDED ON 10/23/2025 TO ADD NEW YORK STATE CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES AND JUDGES TO THIS PETITION. THE SYSTEM HAS DESTROYED MY LIFE AND DESTROYED A FAMILY UNIT (ME & MY SON).

My name is Tanya Zakk & I'm starting this petition to get the NJ state lawmakers to require that 'NJ Child Support Services' & NJ & NY Superior Courts, enforce child support payments to be made by the non-custodial parent consistently, in the correct amounts owed and when they are due. When/if the NCP (non-custodial parent) falls behind, enforcement needs to be made swiftly. Bench warrants need to be issued, especially if there is a court order in place for such. If NCP is proven, with evidence, to work secretly for cash and not pay their child support obligation, the NJ caseworkers and NJ Family Court Judge/s need to hold the NCP accountable. If NCP is proven, with evidence and documentation, to somehow have the means to pay all outstanding arrears due, within a short time period (ie. 5 days), no matter the amount or if they have proof of current employment, then NCP should be ordered to pay the total amount owed in a lump sum, swiftly. If NCP does not appear for a court date, after given notice, the NCP should be issued a bench warrant, and a substantial payment should be ordered to be paid.  If a Caseworker claims that they "cannot find" or do not have a confirmed Postal Address for the NCP, and the CP (custodial parent) gives solid information regarding an accurate address/ location of NCP- regardless of whether or not the NCP has kept their Postal address current or not, information from CP should be taken seriously and 'NJ Child Support Services' should take necessary action to enforce payments, court orders and bench warrants. If  NCP is known to be a convicted felon, hide employment, work for cash and lie to caseworkers, NJ Child Support Services should take information from CP seriously and have law enforcement go to given location/s. If 'NJ Child Support Services' insists on going with the last known postal address of NCP, and it's in another state, knowing that making it an intergovernmental case will make it take MUCH LONGER to receive a payment,  and CP has provided known NJ address/s, then HERE'S A THOUGHT: ISSUE A BENCH WARRANT IN BOTH STATES. (THIS IS ONE MAJOR EXAMPLE OF FIXING THE HORRENDOUS 'NJ CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES' PROGRAM.) If NCP is not homeless and has shelter, has a cell phone, has food, has transportation, has new clothes, etc., child support payments should be enforced, whether or not the NCP says that they have current employment or not. If NCP has another child, with a different parent, but that child is being taken care of very well by the NCP and the NCP's family, then child support payments for the child in the NJ Child Support Services system should be fully enforced. EDIT- I HAVE A NEW ADDITION HERE, AS MY NIGHTMARE CONTINUES: IF CP SHOWS EVIDENCE OF EMAILS & TEXTS FROM NCP & HIS NEW FIANCE, THAT TAUNT THE CP & HARRASS, TRY TO INTIMIDATE,  AND ALSO THREATEN THE CP,  WHILE ADMITTING THAT THEY COERCED THE CHILD & HELPED THE CHILD TO FILE A MOTION WITH THE COURT TO EMANCIPATE, AND THAT THEY WILL THEN PAY THE CHILD DIRECTLY, ALL OF THE $16,000.00 OF BACK CHILD SUPPORT OWED, IN A LUMP SUM- IN CASH, SO THAT THE CP WON'T GET A DIME, AFTER YEARS OF THE CP SUFFERING & MAKING UP FOR THE LACK OF SUPPORT WHILE RAISING THE CHILD ALONE... AND ADMISSION OF CAUSING THE CHILD TO ALIENATE THE CP, USING BRAINWASHING, COERCION & BRIBERY... THEN IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED EMERGENT BY THE CASEWORKER & THE CASEWORKER SHOULD FILE AN EMERGENCY MOTION WITH THE COURT FOR A TRIAL THAT WEEK AND REQUEST THAT THE JUDGE ORDER THE TOTAL AMOUNT OWED AT TIME OF TRIAL TO BE PAYED IN A LUMP SUM TO THE CP THAT DAY OR NCP WILL BE ARRESTED & FACE ATLEAST SIX MONTHS IN PRISON.  And lastly, the CP shouldn't have to file a motion with the court, which is extremely tedious,  difficult,  confusing & time consuming, and which also includes a filing fee, because NJ refuses to do their job & enforce payments, court orders & bench warrants. As a CP in this system for fifteen years, I have been told to file COUNTLESS times, by caseworkers, probation officers & law clerks. The CP should not have to do their jobs, and on top of that, PAY A FEE!! ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE OWED THOUSANDS IN BACK CHILD SUPPORT. THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE. 

MY PERSONAL STORY IS CENTERED IN THE MORRIS COUNTY CHILD SUPPORT UNIT. WE HAVE RESIDED IN MORRIS COUNTY FOR THE ENTIRETY OF OUR FIFTEEN YEARS IN THE 'NJ CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES' PROGRAM. AND FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, WE HAVE RESIDED IN PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP, NJ.

While researching what entity has the power to change the NJ child support laws and/ or improve existing laws and/ or improve the enforcement process, this is what I found: In NJ, the power to change or enforce child support laws rests primarily with the state's judiciary, specifically the Superior Court. While federal law establishes guidelines, enforcement and modification of individual orders are handled at the state level. State Courts: New Jersey's Superior Court, including its family division, has the authority to issue, modify and enforce child support orders. Federal role: While federal law provides a framework, actual enforcement and modification of orders are handled by the state and local authorities. 
Here's the problem: I've been through the whole system for roughly fifteen years. I've gone through court trials. I've dealt with caseworkers, their supervisors, judges, hearing officers, you name it... nothing works, no one sems to care and they do not enforce child support payments or even court orders. The child support owed through the 'NJ Child Support Services' is actually a court order in itself. On top of that, an order that states, 'if one payment is missed, a bench warrant may be issued' is not upheld or enforced. If anyone can direct me even further to whom I can contact to help me get these laws changed and enforced, please contact me!!!

Here is my personal story:

(This is all relevant) I left my ex-husband when my son was one and a half years old.  At that time, my ex was using heroin, was in and out of drug rehab facilities and had been arrested more than once during our brief marriage. I tried to give him grace. I stayed with him while he was in an inpatient rehab facility for six months. He was forced to enter the program, which was an hour & a half away from our home. Our son was one month old. But shortly after his release from the treatment program, he was using again and I found heroin in our home.  That was when I left him. I have known him and his family since the first grade. We grew up together and have a long history together. I was seriously concerned for my son's safety, and so at that time, in 2007, when my son was one and a half years old, I went to court to try to gain sole custody of him. I subsequently was awarded sole legal and physical custody shortly thereafter, with a supervised visitation order for my ex, and with the person/s of my choosing. Soon afterwards, we were divorced and the custody order was upheld in the divorce agreement. The divorce took a few years, due to incarcerations & drug rehab stints with my ex. The divorce was finalized in 2011. Sometime during the process, before 2011, my divorce lawyer advised me to go through 'NJ Child Support Services' because my ex was willfully not paying the child support. I wasn't even aware of this program and was happy about it because their job is to enforce child support. My son is now 18. He just graduated high school. We are still in this system. We have been in this system for roughly FIFTEEN YEARS. We are currently owed almost $16,000.00. (I am writing this on 7/17/2025). 'NJ Child Support Services' and the Morris County Family Court Judicial branch have been a complete nightmare. Through nonenforcement, they have caused me and my son serious damage. Through the fifteen years in the system, I have called & emailed on a regular basis. Some of those years, I reached out on a weekly basis. And some of those years, I reached out on a daily basis. For years, I begged for a trial. I begged them to arrest him. I begged them for enforcement.  I have reached out to my district state representatives and to Mikie Sherrill's assistant.  I have called the Sherriff's Department. And I have physically gone to the Morris County Probation (Child Support) Department quite a few times. Nothing has changed. My ex has a wealthy family, and they won't put any assets in his name, because they know that it will be seized by child support. He is always residing in either his parent's beautiful home or his sister's beautiful home. His sister has custody of his other child. I have given these two home addresses to my caseworkers on a consistent basis, over and over through the years. But they say that they "can't find him" or "can't arrest him" if it's an address that isn't verified as his home address through the Postal Service. This is ludicrous. This protocol needs to change. His family takes very good care of him. They provide him with amazing cars to drive, his cell phone is always paid, he has food, new clothes and as I stated, he has shelter in the form of beautiful homes.
In June 2015, my ex-husband's parents hired him an attorney and had me served with court papers in a quest to get the supervised visitation order, that had been in place since 2007, reversed. At that time, he owed us over $8,000.00 in back child support. I was working full time & raising my son by myself. I was making roughly 40K a year. To my shock, I didn't qualify for a free attorney, and I couldn't afford to pay for one. So, I represented myself. This was beyond stressful. It took long hours after work & on weekends. It took time away from my son. I had to get babysitters to watch my son while I was acting as my own attorney, filing motions, providing evidence, writing out lengthy stories of how my ex had put my son in danger many times, etc. I thought it would be a slam dunk, especially considering that he owed us thousands in child support & somehow was able to afford an attorney. Well, it wasn't a slam dunk. I lost! The order was overturned! I had to then start a GoFundMe to raise money for an attorney to have it reversed again! Here is the link, if you would like to read that story, which includes all of the updates at that time- 

https://gofund.me/2de40afd

In the meantime, my precious son, who was nine yrs old, was forced to drive in a car with my ex, cross state lines to NY to his apartment and stay overnight there (which he shared with his new girlfriend who I believed was an addict, but when I brought it up in court, I was scolded because I had no evidence. That year, she had a child with my ex. A few years later, she died of a drug overdose). My son was put in great danger. Thank God, my amazing attorney won my case & had it reversed back to the way that it was (with the same exact evidence that I had provided to the court). The courts are so political! But here's the interesting part: my attorney requested that my ex pay the outstanding arrears in a lump sum of the total owed, which was over $6,000.00. The judge agreed! My ex was ordered to pay it within five days. Well, guess what? I received over $6,000.00 in five days. 'NJ Child Support Services' have never done that for me. I've asked them a million times.
In late May 2024, my son informed me that he's noticed his grandfather's red corvette had been parked behind an establishment in our town, for long hours, from Monday to Saturday, all week. It was curious because my ex was working at a similar establishment for many years, but had lost that job that year. For many months, we were getting a very low weekly child support payment that was coming out of his unemployment check (almost $100 less than it should be every week). But the payments stopped altogether in March 2024. Also, my ex had been driving around his father's red corvette for quite some time. And you can't miss it because it has specialized license plates. So, I found the establishment's Facebook business page and found a picture of my ex husband working there- time stamped March 5th. Well, that was right when his unemployment ended. (Remember- this was now late May). I sent the picture to my caseworker & she called the establishment. The owner lied to her & said that he doesn't work there. I told my caseworker, that's a lie. I asked her what she can do next. Can someone go to the establishment? She said, 'No, my hands are tied. There's nothing else that we can do'. What?! Well, me & my son went down there & they locked both doors & wouldn't let us in. Meanwhile, his red corvette was parked out back. We drove by one week later & got him on video locking up the store for the night! He admits in the video that he's been working there! I sent this to my caseworker. This got me a trial! Finally!!! After years of begging! So, my caseworker & a liaison of sorts- told me that they were going to request the lump sum of the total amount owed to be paid asap at the hearing (in front of a hearing officer) which was last July (2024). He owed over $11,000.00 at that time. Well, at the hearing, they requested zero to be paid! And the hearing officer ordered zero to be paid! I showed all of this evidence!! But, the hearing officer ordered a two missed payment/ bench warrant order. A slight win but I appealed. The next day was a trial in front of a judge. Once again, I showed all of the evidence. My ex didn't even appear!!! He couldn't have possibly been working because he said that he was just fired from that job!! The judge ordered zero dollars to be paid!!! But, he changed the order to a one missed payment/ bench warrant order. I was not allowed to appeal again. 
I was shocked & extremely upset. But ok, now if he misses one payment, they can issue a bench warrant.
Do you know how many payments he's missed since last July? 
Almost all of them. It went from 11K owed to 16K owed. 
And still no arrest.
My ex has never, ever been arrested for nonpayment of child support.

I want to end with what has happened to me and my son this past year. 
In July 2022 I had a serious back injury. I had multiple herniated discs in my lower back. I could barely walk for weeks. I had health insurance and so, after an MRI, I got an epidural. It was like a miracle. About a year later, the pain started to come back slowly. By the fall of 2023, it hit me with a vengeance. I could barely walk. At exactly that time, I went to fill a prescription & was told that our health insurance was canceled. I almost had a heart attack. It turns out that I never received the renewal packet, because me & my son had moved twice that year and we weren't getting all of our mail. It was the one thing that we had from the state/ government (through Medicaid) and it was fantastic. This started a devastating path into homelessness for us. Because of the extreme pain, I was not working. We were renting a one bedroom apartment at that time. I tried everything to get our health insurance back quickly. It was a nightmare. I started falling behind on every bill, including the rent. On March 1st, 2024, our only car was repossessed. On the same day (yes, can you imagine?) I got a warrant of removal put on my door for eviction. We were subsequently evicted in June 2024. My ex-husband was well aware of this. I will remind you of what was going on with child support at that time, and the picture and video proof of him working for months- since at least March 5th- for cash, and hiding it, and then lying to my caseworker. He knew we were facing eviction and he knew why. And he owed about $9,000.00 at that time. And he refused to even pay the weekly amount, while working six days a week, morning to night. I had some hope, though. We were able to stay with a friend in our town until August 1st. Also, I was still trying to get our health insurance back, so that I could get 'fixed' & get back to work. I also was applying for everything that I could through the state. (This did not go well. Denied for almost everything. That's a whole other story. I even went through a Fair Hearing trial.) An added note, the week that I received the warrant of removal, before we were evicted, I reached out to the NJ Homeless Prevention program.
I was denied. 
Because I was three & a half months behind on the rent.
The cutoff is three months. 
I have reached out to every organization, Office of Temporary Assistance, all of it...
My caseworker at NJ child support knew all of this. My July 2024 trial came & I was so hopeful because that 11K owed at that time would have solved all of my problems. 
I informed the judge of our situation that day.
No one cared. 
The system is beyond broken.
Because of the decisions made by who I stated above, on August 8th 2024,  me & my son had nowhere to go. He was about to start his senior year in high school. An acquaintance of mine in our town, whose daughter is friends with my son, offered to take in only my son. I had no choice. I was heartbroken. I kept telling myself that it was temporary. I actually believed it. Thank God that I didn't know what was to come. Since that day, I have been couch to couch. I also lived in my car. With my cat. You cannot imagine what I have been through. I already suffer from PTSD.
We finally got our health insurance back. It was effective on December 1st, 2024. It took over a year. And me screaming on the phone, countless times. I had an MRI in January. It turns out that I had another injury and more herniated discs. It made complete sense. I was in agony- while homeless. I got two epidurals in February. Finally, I was out of pain. Physically, I could work again. But, let me tell you, you cannot work while living out of your car. You cannot work when you do not know where you will be sleeping, when you haven't showered in days or weeks, when you haven't brushed your teeth in days. I have learned so much this year. Nothing that you want to learn.
I missed this whole year. It was hell. 
I missed my son's whole senior year. The last year of his childhood. His last year of playing school sports. His last lacrosse season ever. We will never get it back. It's gone. I raised my sweet boy alone. No physical or financial help. I struggled. He is my only child. He is the greatest kid. I am heartbroken. I am devastated. We are still apart. 
And it didn't have to happen. It could have been prevented. NJ does NOT look out for the kids. They do not care.
In late May, I had an old friend reach out and offer for me to stay in his spare room. The only downside- he's three hours away. I had no choice. I've been here ever since. But I've been job hunting & interviewing. I need my boy back. I need my life back.

'NJ Child Support Services' has failed us.
Morris County Superior Court/ Family Court has failed us.
The system is broken.
NO ONE SHOULD GO THROUGH WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH FOR THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS, WITH 'NJ CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES'.

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION IF YOU AGREE THAT CHILD SUPPORT SHOULD BE ENFORCED AND NON-CUSTODIAL PARENTS SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY 'NJ CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES' AND THE NJ SUPERIOR COURT/ FAMILY COURT JUDICIAL SYSTEM. AND PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK!!! I NEED SIGNATURES!

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS!