Michael Bateman Mike Bateman Deadbeat father, failed to pay child support for past three years, broken promises Sebring, Florida

Michael Bateman, born and raised in Sebring, FL has failed, for the past 3 years to make any child support payments or to even bother to contact his daughter.  Before he abruptly fell off the face of the Earth he had made numerous promises to his then 12 year old daughter.  Promises, that when broken, left her heart broken and crying and on the point of suicide.  As she told me, "There must be something wrong with me if my own father can't love me."  (I did take her to counseling to help her through this situation.)

He has managed to get away with these crimes with his family's help.  His brother's own a company call Bateman and Son's Construction, and while I have no physical proof that he working under the table for them, I do believe he is based on a newspaper article.  He and his brother Eddie were in a car accident while "leave the job".

CSE has sent an income deduction order to Bateman and Son's only to have it rejected.  Last week Michael was seen shopping at the local mall.  Amazing that a man who hasn't worked in 3 years can afford to go shopping.

Several months ago his picture was in the newpaper as he played golf for his brother's charity.  This has been an ongoing situation and while they have suspended his license, public records prove that he has been arrested for driving on a suspended license, nothing else is being done.  He needs to pay my daughter what is owed to her and he needs to step up and be a father as opposed to just a sperm donor.  It's not like he was asked to pay hundreds of dollars a week.  The support order is less than $100 a week, and he is not in arrears $30,000.  I guess that $94 a week cuts too much into his nightly beer fund.

I just want him found and for him to step up to his responsibilities and for his family to stop protecting him.