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Pierre man protests paying perpetual child support (South Dakota & Canada)
Rapid City Journal ^ | April 5, 2014 | Joe O'Sullivan

Posted on 04/05/2014 6:40:14 PM PDT by cutty

Both of Haraldson's children are in their 20s. South Dakota's child support laws only require child support payments up to age 18 in most cases, and 19 in one other instance.

But Haraldson, born and raised in South Dakota, was living in Canada at the time of his divorce. There, child support laws can go on indefinitely, unless he hires a lawyer and fights.

"I was told it was going to be $20,000 to $30,000 to litigate, and I'd have a 50-50 chance," Haraldson said by phone from Pierre. "I just went, 'Oh, my God.'"

Haraldson, a 52-year-old computer support specialist who lives in Pierre, has an administrative hearing with the state scheduled for Monday to protest the payments. But given the nature of state and federal laws, he may not have much luck.

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TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: childsupport
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To: Kriggerel

I perceive that paying such pernicious penalties will presently put this poor person in severe penury and protracted poverty until he lies prostrate.
= = = = = = = = = = = =
Correct... then when he loses his job because his pay was garnished, WE will get to support HIM and his KIDS through, subsidized housing, food stamps, welfare and unemployment.
When ‘they’ get tired of him drawing unemployment, he will get put on SS for some sort of ballooned disability.

Is this a great ‘new’ country or not...

It is no wonder that people sneak in on a daily basis.

Just waiting for Bob Barker to start yelling “COME ON DOWN” the perks are free....


21 posted on 04/05/2014 7:01:49 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98 --"I would agree with you BUT that would make both of us wrong".))
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To: goldstategop

where I practice any license you hold can be yanked even your driver’s license


22 posted on 04/05/2014 7:01:58 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: goldstategop

you’ve managed to turn marriage into a penalty. well done if that was your aim.


23 posted on 04/05/2014 7:03:15 PM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: goldstategop
You simply cannot ignore it.

Wanna bet? There are plenty that do.

/johnny

24 posted on 04/05/2014 7:04:58 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: PAR35
actually; it's man/man or womyn/womyn or human/animal, don't you
know traditional marriage ain't allowed anymore..per Liberals/NEA

25 posted on 04/05/2014 7:05:44 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: yldstrk

It makes sense to help pay for your adult’s children education and when they graduate, normally the child support ends. In certain cases, if the adult child goes on to graduate or medical school, parental support can be extended.

He has to wait until his children graduate and then arrange with his ex to end the child support or to petition the court to terminate it.


26 posted on 04/05/2014 7:06:03 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: PAR35
Marriage has nothing to do with ability to beget children.

Which begs the questions:

Why does the government have anything to do with marriage? It's a religious institution, "separation of church and state" and all that rot.

Why isn't the government requiring a license for procreation? It would be easy, you'd just have to provide proof of financial ability and the DNA of both parents, with a contract promising to provide total support for the child for the next 18 years.

That's all.

27 posted on 04/05/2014 7:06:37 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Isn’t Obamacare like perpetual child support?


28 posted on 04/05/2014 7:06:46 PM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: LachlanMinnesota

Paying him to be President sure has been....


29 posted on 04/05/2014 7:08:02 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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To: LachlanMinnesota

You can carry our children on your health insurance for a number of years. But its not perpetual.


30 posted on 04/05/2014 7:08:55 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: PAR35

“If you don’t want to support kids, don’t get married! Its that simple.”

“Were you home schooled?”

That has to be one of the funniest comments I’ve seen on FR.


31 posted on 04/05/2014 7:23:48 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: goldstategop

Kind of a stupid statement. Kids grow up. The payments are probably going to his ex.


32 posted on 04/05/2014 7:26:52 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: goldstategop; umgud

What do you say to the questions raised in post 8 by umgud?


33 posted on 04/05/2014 7:27:07 PM PDT by OldPossum ("It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is"; think about ITS implications.)
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To: PAR35; Gabz

FYI Gabz,pretty funny.

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34 posted on 04/05/2014 7:28:53 PM PDT by Mears
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To: OldPossum

I said it was a lifetime obligation. I stand to be corrected.

Its actually an educational support obligation - while the adult child is in school in Canada, the child support remains in force. After that it generally ends.

If not, once his children graduate, he would have to petition the court in Canada to terminate the child support order.


35 posted on 04/05/2014 7:31:31 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
Why isn't the government requiring a license for procreation?

Ha, nice. Instead the government wants to force society to pay for birth control.

That's more analogous to providing free bullet proof vests to citizens instead of requiring background checks / registration.
36 posted on 04/05/2014 7:32:19 PM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: umgud

“Where does it stop?”

When the payer dies!


37 posted on 04/05/2014 7:36:25 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Kriggerel
"I perceive that paying such pernicious penalties will presently put this poor person in severe penury and protracted poverty until he lies prostrate."

Your loquacious alliteration literally likens his lack of liberty to the likelihood of a lower level of living and a laborious lifestyle.

38 posted on 04/05/2014 7:43:19 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: andyk

And the “single mom” that should be it.

If you’re not married within a year of spittin a kid and going on welfare....it’s off to the sterilization chambers.


39 posted on 04/05/2014 7:50:53 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: goldstategop
It makes sense to help pay for your adult’s children education and when they graduate ...

Excuse me, didn't you forget something?

"It makes sense if you choose to help pay for your kids' college educations. ONLY then. Otherwise, it's ludicrous for government to dictate to parents that they have a fiscal obligation to send their kids to college.

Flat stupid and pure tyranny.

40 posted on 04/05/2014 7:52:44 PM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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