Greetings,

As previously described, it appears the issue addressed by the court was if the calculation with particular data was correct to determine payment, rather than the original concern that the data used to make the calculation was invalid.

Fundamentally this is not a monetary issue but my desire is to be able to communicate with my kids, as the state law stipulates, which has been fully denied to me for almost 7 years.

As a preface, it should be noted that my wife and I were married with the mutual understanding that we were both followers of Christ and that is where our allegiance was. It appears my wife no longer holds that allegiance, but seems to be more akin to what our eldest two kids have chosen. Irrespective of that, I can demonstrate over a decade of effort to reconcile our relationship by offering grace as documented online at http://Family.Kozlowski.org, notably seen in the introductory videos.

While my wife states no desire for reconciliation, there is also the matter of our kids. It concerns me greatly that the model presented to our kids and grandkids is in contrast to being a follower of Christ, but rather specifically showing that the dad is irrelevant and must be censored. While my wife ignoring the law of God is not a state matter, the law of the land prohibits my wife from censoring communications in the form of mail and phone calls to my kids. Considering that I have almost 200 postcards marked “refused, return to sender”, plus some returned packages, and now 1,687 consecutive unanswered phone calls to my kids spanning almost 7 years, there seems to be evidence of ignoring man’s law as well as God’s. Documentation for all of this is at the same website.

I have not contested with my wife via the state except when required. My income dropped to zero around summer of 2022 and I have been surviving on generosity provided to support the ShofarLeaks project (http://ShofarLeaks.com) which barely keeps me afloat. However the state asserted itself with regard to my bank account and that required a response. This is where I set out the case that the amount required to pay did not match reality for years and that I was perhaps not behind but actually paid ahead. It is my understanding that my wife has not provided financial information for the calculations, and I have suggested that the numbers used were probably not accurate.

My last email showed my calculation at $486 per month rather than the current $888. I requested the past due amount up to the end of 2022 be calculated using the old, but erroneous figures, to set out a remaining balance to that point. Then validate if my $486 amount is correct and note that a payment of $519, and $1990 have been made in 2023. For this year alone it should have me paid through May. The amounts chosen were to remind my wife of May 19, 1990, the day we became one flesh in the eyes of the Lord.

If the goal of Tennessee Child Support is to be of benefit to our kids, as the name implies, then it seems consistent that the focus would not be on just money, but the overall wellbeing of our kids. I hope it is unnecessary to enlighten you on the importance of a dad’s involvement in the life of a child. For the kids under my wife’s care, they have spent most of their lives being prohibited from interaction with their dad who has demonstrably attempted to contact them, reconcile the family, and love them. Does the love of money supersede the love of our kids?

In an effort to reach my kids for over a year all my voicemails are in video form and online. Not only do I address the reconciliation effort, but theology, science, world events, and make an effort to instruct my kids to engage wisely and lovingly. I have engage others outside of my family on some of the videos or particular issues as there is a regular audience outside of the family. The concern this leaves is what happens when one or more of our kids find out the effort put out to reconcile the family and how it was prohibited by my wife. I have welcomed dialog with any party, including my wife, father-in-law, and institutional church leadership, to address these issues before they become a major catastrophe in the lives of one or more of our kids. That desire remains and my door is open to it.

If Tennessee Child Support or the court can only address the money issue, please can we at least use current and valid data from all parties? If Tennessee Child Support is interested in the wellbeing of our kids, then wouldn’t it be appropriate to encourage allowing the dad to be part of their lives?

This email is public at: http://Kozlowski.org/Promise,Gov-2023-04-24+1

Respectfully,

John Kozlowski