Posted on 01/20/2007 6:33:55 PM PST by FreedomCalls
At last count, Florida attorney Willie Gary raked in roughly $1 million a month. Featured on the TV show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," the 59-year-old lives in a sprawling, $6 million waterfront home in Stuart, Fla. His law firm, which recently employed former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, has three posh offices and owns two jets, including a 32-passenger Boeing 737 outfitted with an 18-karat gold sink and a $1.2 million sound system.
But just how much money is too much money to pay in child support? Atlanta resident Diana Gowins — the mother of twins fathered by Gary — could find out soon.
The 36-year-old is seeking to have reinstated a $28,000 a month judgment that was slashed last year to $5,000 by a judge who cited concerns about Gowins' spending habits and lack of a job. ...Gowins has sole custody of the twins.
... Gary's attorneys said he was willing to pay $14,000 a month until he found out Gowins had stopped putting money into a college fund for the twins and was instead spending much of the cash on herself.
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I'm still shaking my head in disgust at the gold sink....does it emit holy water as well.
F. Scott Fitzgerald said it: The rich are not like you and me.
They are way crazier. I said that.
Hey if dad is making 1 cool million a month, 28K is not a lot to ask. The children are entitled to have the same sort of perks as dad, including a nurse called Mom.
if the money will go to the kids but this is not...its going towards mommys shoe collection
Love to see fat-cat lawyers, making out of wedlock babies, getting it stuck to them. Wouldn't doubt that he's made it on the other side of the coin.
That is the hardly the point. The point is "child support", not a lifestyle comparable to their father's. Like the liberals do with taxes, this woman wants a certain (huge) percentage of her ex's income for herself, in the name of child support. ("It's for the children")
One 'the' too many in the first sentence.
WORTH REPEATING..."spending much of the cash on herself"
This is what happened TO ME for 17 years !!
I have and am distraught about my money that was suppose to be going for raising my only Daughter was only a little slice of what I was paying.
My EX didn't (and still doesn't) supply my 19 year old Daughter with her own Bedroom !!
Then, after it was to end per Law, my EX not only tried to extend it, but RAISE it - after it was suppose to end !!
Thank God I stood up for myself (LIKE A GOOD FREEPER...) and brought it up to District Court and Won.
Sure he can afford it, but what's the point of paying it of it's not going towards child support but instead is, quote:
"going towards her $600,000 home in south Atlanta, splurging on designer clothes, cruises without the kids and a tummy tuck. She also spent thousands of his money on a Steinway piano, as well as private school tuition and diamonds for her oldest child, a teenage daughter from a previous relationship."And there's this:
Gary's attorneys said he was willing to pay $14,000 a month until he found out Gowins had stopped putting money into a college fund for the twins and was instead spending much of the cash on herself.
That's not the point. The goldigging b!tch wants a lifestyle. Period. Two kids at 28k is nuts.
Like the saying goes...don't do the crime, if you can't do the time, or somthing like that.
The guys is married and this is the price he has to pay for a few good orgasms!
So she got a tummy tuck, after having twins it's a necessaty.
As for being a stay at home mom to 6 year olds, yes,it's still a full time job until their in late high school.
BTW, both names, Suzanne and Jacqueline are pronounced with an "ah" where the 'a's are -- as in SuzAHnAH and JAHk-leeene. Gotta pronounce them correctly or Suzanna would be annoyed.
Actually, I think it's way below the guideline and should be close to $280,000 a month for 2 kids.
If they are worried about her big spending habits .. then take the difference and put it in a trust fund for the kids
TMI - don't remind me.
But she isn't an ex ... she is a mistress
Exactly what I was thinking. Why doesn't dad set up a college fund? I don't know anything about Georgia child support guidelines, but in many states 20% of income is considered standard. I can't even imagine a court awarding her $200,000/month.
Jeez, I will use spell check for future posts. apologies to all on poor spelling.
Just because someone has a gold sink, doesn't mean they own it. I got 3 of 'em, and don't actually own a single one of them. The bank owns them, though a sharp lawyer might be able to make the case that I'm a fractional owner. Besides, gold sinks aren't made out of gold anyway. Sheesh, people get worked up over the dumbest stuff. Next thing you know they'll hammer the guy cause he's got silver colored mufflers on his cars.
If you want on or off my aerospace ping list, please contact me by Freep mail.
How vulgar.
The Florida-Freepers proudly FREEPED this guy when klintoon came into OUR territory to beg for money in about 1999!
Who's got the pics? ............... FRegards
Aren't both of the adults guilty of "the crime?"
You should see some interior shots of private Saudi jets.
Saudis are heathen barbarians; I expect the most crass displays from them. But in theory a lawyer is an educated person. I guess the barbarian comes out in someone like this lawyer.
As KC said on Dec 2:
"The accuser’s mother met with civil litigator Willie Gary and told Essence that she was “very much interested” in “getting Gary involved.”
Ooops - I got some pics:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g311/gonzo5440/MVC-017S.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g311/gonzo5440/MVC-012S.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g311/gonzo5440/MVC-001S.jpg
There's Pete and Gene and the FR Navy and gonzo ...
This is gonna take a while - a trip down memory lane ...
I hope those vases are bolted down for takeoff. Or else he just buys more upon landing. Whichever's easier.
--this woman wants a certain (huge) percentage of her ex's income --
2.8% is hugh?
Gary was the keynote speaker and Gowins, who excelled at track, was seeking sponsorship as an Olympic hopeful. The two agreed to meet for business, but ended up having sex."
In honour of MLK...
So, in your world, children are to coddled, indulged, spoiled and warped with material things to the tune of 28K/month - on a par with an adult parent? Interesting child rearing theory.
Wonder if the mother has any plan to teach some values and morals that they should also recieve?
At 28K/mo. these kids are most likely doomed to lives without meaning and/or a rough awakening when the faucet is turned off.
ok percentage is the wrong word.
It's vey series.
Prolly uses Museum Wax.
Can the guy settle for a lump sum payment. Seems easier and he would then have the freedom to go wherever he wished.
The man in question: Willie Gary.
--Wonder if the mother has any plan to teach some values and morals that they should also recieve?--
More than they learn from their father ...
The house would be the one payment I agree. The rest I don't.
What skaterboy said. If it's going to the kids, NP, he can clearly afford it. But if it's going to be blown on herself, forget it.
I don't blame him. The child support should go to the children and she should not be allowed to spend a dime of it for herself and her older daughter
--Can the guy settle for a lump sum payment. Seems easier and he would then have the freedom to go wherever he wished.--
He made the original agreement. It's not like he didn't have a good lawyer. He has the freedom to go whereever he wishes now. He is not doing this, he is having one of his minions doing this for him.
--I don't blame him. The child support should go to the children and she should not be allowed to spend a dime of it for herself and her older daughter--
Like he really cares about the kids?
It isn't 'ex-wife' support, it's child support. She doesn't get to spend it on herself - that would be called ALIMONY. Get it right.
Gee, he can have a college fund for the twins himself.
The guys is married and this is the price he has to pay for a few good orgasms!
So she got a tummy tuck, after having twins it's a necessaty.
As for being a stay at home mom to 6 year olds, yes,it's still a full time job until their in late high school.
For all you unmarried guys out there...it doesn't matter what kind of husband you were, or what kind of wife she was...there will be any number of women willing to say the same about you and your ex.
Doesn't sound reasonable to you, I expect...but remember, you can have a life without being married.
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