I highly doubt that filing for child support garnishment will be the magic charm that will cause PAL Peter Pan to transform into Super Alpha Man and, obviously, there is no reason in the world why I should give a cr*p what effect it has on his functioning one way or the other.
Huh? Who said you were doing it for him? It isn't ABOUT him, for ONCE. It's about YOU. It's about YOUR KIDS. I don't CARE if he doesn't want to be accountable for his actions, but that sure as he!! does not mean that YOU or YOUR KIDS have to be.
I gotta tell ya, Mo, your unwillingness to file is really perplexing to me, and could possibly be, THE crux of the problems.
I don't mean to land on you, honey, I know how hard it is, how much it hurts... good lord, I could write a book on it and cry 15 oceans of tears...
I'm just saying... you really, really have to do this for yourself and for your kids. For no other reason than to heal. If you don't want to, I'd very seriously examine it.