Petra wrote: "While I'm posting this message to you Chris, I'm also saying these words to many of our women readers who don't post, but understand. The end comes with this: you pay or you go to jail for 6 months. If you don't have a job, you show up and we give you one. You can't collect any money from anyone without paying for your children first. That is as good as it gets, on any day of any year."

It's retroactive and there's no statute of limitations at all. I'm about to go after my own ex for many thousands owed.

Petra, did you do this yourself or with a lawyer? Ever talk to Diana Fulton, our mover and shaker here in Santa Cruz Co.? (There's my earthquake reference.)

Glad you had results, but the only thing I'd want to send Jeb Bush is unprintable here.

Cathryn