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Ouch. If the man was on welfare or an illegal the left would be passing legislation to help them out. We planned on having a kid someday and lived according to one income, all things aside I hope this works out for the family.

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Harris: Family Living Off His Teacher Salary, Earnings As Part-Time Tutor

POSTED: 11:10 a.m. CDT October 5, 2002

UPDATED: 11:22 a.m. CDT October 5, 2002

CENTER POINT, Ala. -- The parents of Alabama's first sextuplets are on the brink of losing their home in suburban Birmingham to mortgage foreclosure as financial woes have multiplied since the newborns arrived.

The sextuplets -- two girls and four boys -- were born July 7 to Diamond Harris and husband Christopher Harris.

Relatives have donated $1,440 toward the $5,000 in delinquent house payments to avoid a foreclosure sale set for Monday.

The Harrises were notified Sept. 12 that the Center Point home would be sold on the steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse.

The family lawyer, Lawrence Cooper, said the Harrises were more than $5,000 behind on payments to CitiMortgage Inc., but the relatives' donations stalled the sale for now.

Harris said the family has been living off his teacher salary and earnings as a part-time tutor. His wife had worked as a licensed practical nurse but had to quit last winter because of pregnancy complications.

At one point, he says, she nearly died. Efforts to reach CitiMortgage were unsuccessful.

My wife and I have sextuplets as well and we are more than $10k behind. There is no help available and nowhere to turn. The best that can happen for these folks is that someone would pay off their mortgage. The expenses are extremely overwhelming and except for a special few, most high order multiple families are left holding the bag for life. Sometimes, as in our case, there are disabilities that will require lifelong care. The infertility doctors need to be held accountable and they are the ones that get off with not even a slap on the hand.