He stuck it to his own child.
I believe that is called debtor’s prison. One of the more charming legal fictions we inherited from King George and his ilk, the concept that if the Crown/State seizes a man’s meager possessions for itself and locks him up, his debtors will magically get paid.
And FWIW, despite years on unemployment, I never missed a single child support payment. (although, it is perhaps worth mentioning that baring a miracle I go into foreclosure this week)...
How do you know?
And what of the jamoke with thirty (30!)kids paying $1.48¿?
Yes, the Founding Fathers foresaw and eagerly anticipated the day when the System could pursue guys like Armin from one end of the continent to the other, like the Screaming Harpies of the Inferno, combined with the ceaseless vigilance of Kerberos.
Well, unless you are Jon Corzine or Bill Clinton. Then, not so much.
I think the 30+ years has served justice. Of course, the fat, engorged .gov ticks don't think so...
Child support is not proof of paternity. I know many young men hung with supporting someone else’s kid. In many states you only have to be married to the mother when the kid is born and the kid is yours regardless of paternity. Or the mother can accuse you of fatherhood and if you don’t fight the kid can become legally yours.
The best thing to do is eliminate all forms of child support. If a women doesn’t want a child it is within her power to never have one. Why should anyone ever have to pay for someone else’s voluntary activity?
Not supporting your child is despicable but it is something best left to families, churches, and local communities.