There are sicko attorneys who write articles and get males resentful by characterizing child support as “alimony.”
Statutory provisions of this ilk were designed to deal with the segment of the population that quits jobs rather than pay child support. But when there are no jobs to quit, it is a sick joke.
On the days when the “criminal nonsupport” docket is called, you should see the poor guys, day laborers mostly, and the way the interest piles up means most of them are 20 30K in the hole.
These statutes are then fattened up with provisions about paying back government for welfare benefits and health care benefits, which further put the blokes in the hole. Then the blokes lose their drivers’ licenses for nonpayment of child support, which makes it further difficult to look for work.
The economy has nothing to offer these guys except selling dope. Then the guys go to jail and get further behind.
This statutory scheme majorly impacts the poor and the unmarried; I feel sick anytime I am at one of these dockets.
THE SYSTEM DOESN’T WORK AND IS EVIL
NEVER GET CAUGHT UP IN IT. IT WILL KILL YOU.
—THE SYSTEM DOESN’T WORK AND IS EVIL
NEVER GET CAUGHT UP IN IT. IT WILL KILL YOU.—
I repeat: A young man that gets married in the US in the current legal culture is taking a HUGE risk with his life. And it is almost a 50/50 proposition, Christian or not.
What saved me, other than the Lord himself, was that I was a professional and all my kids were in double digit age when it happened.
On a side note, I paid huge child support and maintenance (it was a long term marriage that she ended “without cause”) and although she dressed very nice, the kids were dressed from Goodwill except for what I ended up having to buy for them.
I sat in on family court prior to my court dates to get a feel for it. I was shocked by what I saw. I no longer respect the US. At all. I also believe this will be part of this country’s undoing.
Can anyone contribute on this idea ...
Once you get behind on child support, etc, you WILL be denied a passport if applied for, or do they actually revoke passports if you already have one?