I would hope that this pertains to the actual dead beats. My husband and I both have exes who owe us thousands of dollars in child support. We have six kids in the house and it’s tough to make ends meet month by month with that many kids. I work full time. My husband is deployed. I wouldn’t want either ex jailed because they are behind. I want them working! One of the exes is just an idiot who cannot keep a job to save her life. She is a deadbeat. My heart goes out to those parents who have lost jobs or who have to pay an unfair amount of support each month.
Randy Miller, a 39-year-old Iraqi war vet, found himself in that situation in November, when a judge in Floyd County, Ga., sent him to jail for violating a court order to pay child support.
He said he was stunned when the judge rebuffed his argument that he had made regular payments for more than a decade before losing his job in July 2009 and had recently resumed working.
What do you think happened to his new job after the judge threw him in jail? With how long it took him to get that job, do you think he might wind up BACK in jail?
I hate the deadbeats too. As a divorced father I never missed one payment. I have no sympathy for those that CAN pay but choose not to.