Multnomah Falls Again!

Here We Go Again

My name is Robert. Im 64 years old, and for the last seven years Ive been drowning in child support arrears. Every time a letter from them showed up, Id tear it up and toss it like toxic waste nothing kills the soul faster.

Then in February 2026, I opened one. To my shock, it wasnt another demand for money. It was an official Multnomah County Oregon child support notice sent to my companys HR department ordering them to stop deducting child support.

I was ecstatic. For the first time in years, I let myself dream. Four hundred extra dollars a week? I could finally escape the van Ive called home for seven years, get a real apartment, buy decent clothes, fix my vehicle, and stop feeling like a ghost people judge on sight. Living out of a van at my age makes folks look at you like youre barely human.

After taxes and that brutal child support garnishment, I was making enough to cover everything, but thats it just surviving. This felt like my ticket out.

I waited a few weeks for my company to act on the order. Nothing. So I walked to HR and handed them the notice. They jumped on it and in April, I finally got my first full paycheck. I felt almost human again.

Then last week starting May 25 2026 my phone rang. Multnomah County District Attorneys office, asking where the hell my child support payment was. Same office that sent the stop order. I thought it was a sick joke.

I ignored the first call. Then a second one came the next day. My stomach dropped through the floor.

I spoke to a lawyer. His verdict was blunt: because these are arrears, theres basically nothing you can do. Theyre going to garnish me weekly until its paid off.

I finally called the Multnomah County District Attorneys office and explained the situation that their own office had sent the stop notice. The woman on the other end was ice cold. Zero empathy, zero accountability. She chalked it up to a procedural glitch, offered no apology, and basically shit on a man whose life theyd been yoyo ing for years.

This wasnt the first time. Three years ago they sent me a notice saying I owed nothing after my daughter emancipated then three weeks later hit me with a six figure bill.

Let me be clear: you do not want to be a man owing child support in Multnomah County. Hell, sometimes it feels like you dont want to be a man here, period.

I have no real recourse except to pay it. No one in that office will face consequences. Theyre above the law, jaded, biased, and unapologetic. Im writing this because its my only outlet. Im still traumatized and mentally wrecked from the whole thing. Someone needs to be held accountable. These people work for us no badge or title should shield them from basic human decency and competence.

Now its a race: either I pay this off, or I die trying. Im set on reaching my seventies child support free. The odds in court? Theyre the heavy favorites. Im the favorite to drop dead before its over.

This is the kind of bureaucratic insanity I lived through during my 13 jail stints and wrote about in 13 Chains. If youre dealing with similar enforcement headaches check out how to file a modification without an accountant for practical steps that can help you fight back.

For the full picture of what life looks like when the system keeps yoyo ing you, head over to Sounds & Stories. Youll find raw rap pieces, spoken word, and real talk straight from the cells that kept me sane.

And if you need immediate local help no matter what state youre in, dive into the Child Support Directory. It lists contacts and resources for every state so you can start pushing back today.

Im still here grinding graveyard shifts, playing disc golf when I can, and building this site so other fathers dont feel so alone. This latest Multnomah Falls Again glitch just added more fuel to the fire. They can keep coming at me. Im turning every punch into words, music, and action until the system changes or I finally break free.

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