I've taken a lot from your recent posts - so thank you sincerely for taking the time to let us know about the next phase of your journey.
I am in a similar position to that described by you - and although in a different country, I suspect the MLC response will be the same.
Mine refused to pay court-ordered child support (which specifically detailed school fees).
He is self-employed and consistently maintained that he earned less than minimum wage (while travelling the world, holding memberships at exclusive clubs, and leasing a luxury car).
Child support agency tries to chase him, but he is too slippery.
My youngest son recently turned 18 and qualified for 'Adult Child Maintenance' because he is at university. Ex-H refused to pay, as he says he doesn't earn any money.
Son now has to sue his father via a legal-aid lawyer in an attempt to get some assistance.
I know he won't pay, but like the outstanding child support payments, once 'on the books', in my country, these debts never disappear. If necessary, they are taken out of a deceased estate. If there is anything left when he dies, I think that's the only way my kids will see their money.
Our twist on Alaska is that ex-H has moved permanently to a third-world country (living in a hotel). When my son contacted him recently to give him a heads-up about his responsibility to contribute to university costs, ex-H said that he'd had to move b/c it was 'too heartbreaking for him to live in the same city as his kids (sob, sob)."
Basically, it was a case of "Poor me, my kids don't want to have anything to do with me...I think I see them around the city all the time; I can't get them out of my mind.. I feel sad. = They have made me run away."
In his defense, when asked by S18 for some support to attend university, ex-H immediately suggested S take a gap year (he was already 5 months in to first semester) and he would pay for him to come out to Cambodia and live with him. They could travel all around to neighbouring countries and have a great time!
Just no point even trying to reason with them.... It's such a strange pattern is it not?
