“Every month is a different story. Some months there is nothing and some other months it is not even half of what is supposed to be there. Hardly, I does get the money that he supposed to put, but I does try not to take it on because the stress does be too much.”
The words of a mother of three who was forced to take her ex-husband to court in an effort to have him consistently support his children. This is the third instalment of a three-part series detailing the difficulties women face when they attempt to hold the fathers of their children accountable for their maintenance.
“Coming to the court to get a order for him to support the children was never something I did want to do but it was like he force me to do it,” she said. “Some people would say that we bring the men to court to punish them and even he family like was vex with me because I do it.