Hmm, received an email from Carla regarding her son’s inheritance and what I’ve found out so far is quite troubling. So here’s her story, when she was 18 she got pregnant with her boyfriend but they didn’t get married because the guy’s parents wouldn’t allow it. He was Chinese, she was Filipina; you get the [...]

Thanks to Ging for raising an issue about child support that I had completely forgotten to discuss in the past. Anyway, it’s about asking for child support from ex-partners who are currently abroad. Okay, let me start by saying that this will be difficult and like what I told Ging, you may never see [...]

I am writing this in response to dozens of emails from single moms (like me) who wish to obtain child support from the fathers of their children. It will sound easy, but I have to remind you that this is an emotional battle, not just financial. You will have to face the man, who [...]

“I am not a lawyer, but I know well enough to tell you that your son is entitled to child support”, this is what I told King, the sister of our housekeeper. King has a six year old son from her ex-boyfriend. When their child was barely a year old, the man left and [...]

There have been a lot of studies done, unfortunately none that I know of in the Philippines, regarding single mothers and their fall into poverty. But through observation and experience, I can already assume that the studies made in the US are also true for our country. It doesn’t take a genius to do the [...]