Judge leaves Man $58 to live on, tells him: "You can afford it, figure it out."

Modbert · Dec 3, 2009

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John Nelson went from six-figure-earning software exectutive to unemployed overnight. But his $2,200 child support payment didn't change that quickly. It took a year for him to get a hearing, and when he finally did, the judge increased his obligation. By that time he had gotten a job as a science teacher, but the newly-upped child support obligation meant that he took home a grand total of $58 per week. Read about it here (WFTV, 11/9/09).

The judge, Julian Piggotte's attitude was "you can afford it; figure it out." Then she discovered that she had a conflict of interest in Nelson's case and withdrew.

His ex-wife sees the situation this way:

"Our lives go on. The kids still have lunches, they still go to school, and they still have field trips."

That's true. And if she and John were still together, the kids would need to be fed and go to school, but their standard of living would drop along with that of their parents. That's what happens when parents lose their jobs - parents and children live on less. They all manage the best they can. It's one of the sometimes-harsh realities of daily life.

Only if the parents are divorced does the concept arise that the children's lives must in no way change due to a parent's loss of income. It's as if Judge Piggotte lives in a fantasy world in which children must and do remain unaffected when their father loses his job. Indeed, it's the same fantasy world in which an adult can live on $58 per week.

Nelson's case is like countless others these days. Some 80% of job losses have been suffered by men in the last year or so. A lot of those guys are fathers, some of them divorced. That means they have to file for a modification of their support orders
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It's another strange aspect of the whole matter that, if Nelson's wife had wanted a temporary restraining order against him, she could have gotten a hearing and had an order issued in a matter of hours. But when he loses his job and needs to reduce his child support to reflect what he can actually pay, it takes over a year.
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Thoughts?

Further evidence that the Child Support system is broken?

Charles Stucker · Dec 3, 2009

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Thoughts?
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Reduce the Judge's salary to $58 a week with a note "you can live on that figure it out."

AllieBaba · Dec 3, 2009

Fuck that. The kids are his, he can figure it out. I'm raising 4 (it doesn't stop when they turn 18) and the pittance I get in child support is a joke. Heat alone is $200 a month....so 2/3 of that is theirs, and 1/2 of that should by rights be his. Add that to their portion of the rent, and guess what? I don't get anywhere near what I spend on them.

And that's just the second set. The first set, I've receive a grand total (over 24 years) of $5,200. Woo fucking hoo. We spent that much on one broken arm, 13 years ago.

Charles Stucker · Dec 3, 2009

AllieBaba said: ↑

Fuck that. The kids are his, he can figure it out. I'm raising 4 (it doesn't stop when they turn 18) and the pittance I get in child support is a joke.
The first set, I've receive a grand total (over 24 years) of $5,200. Woo fucking hoo. We spent that much on one broken arm, 13 years ago.
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Then perhaps the other party, the one sending child support, should have custody of the children?

uscitizen · Dec 3, 2009

Sex is a sin. Children are the punishment.

It is an engineered in sin. No divine intervention required.

uscitizen · Dec 3, 2009

Doesn't this linnk back in to the men / slaves thread?

PLYMCO_PILGRIM · Dec 3, 2009

Dogbert said: ↑

GlennSacks.com » Blog Archive » Family Attorney Marsha Freeman: 'The System is Broken'

John Nelson went from six-figure-earning software exectutive to unemployed overnight. But his $2,200 child support payment didn't change that quickly. It took a year for him to get a hearing, and when he finally did, the judge increased his obligation. By that time he had gotten a job as a science teacher, but the newly-upped child support obligation meant that he took home a grand total of $58 per week. Read about it here (WFTV, 11/9/09).

The judge, Julian Piggotte's attitude was "you can afford it; figure it out." Then she discovered that she had a conflict of interest in Nelson's case and withdrew.

His ex-wife sees the situation this way:

"Our lives go on. The kids still have lunches, they still go to school, and they still have field trips."

That's true. And if she and John were still together, the kids would need to be fed and go to school, but their standard of living would drop along with that of their parents. That's what happens when parents lose their jobs - parents and children live on less. They all manage the best they can. It's one of the sometimes-harsh realities of daily life.

Only if the parents are divorced does the concept arise that the children's lives must in no way change due to a parent's loss of income. It's as if Judge Piggotte lives in a fantasy world in which children must and do remain unaffected when their father loses his job. Indeed, it's the same fantasy world in which an adult can live on $58 per week.

Nelson's case is like countless others these days. Some 80% of job losses have been suffered by men in the last year or so. A lot of those guys are fathers, some of them divorced. That means they have to file for a modification of their support orders
Click to expand...

It's another strange aspect of the whole matter that, if Nelson's wife had wanted a temporary restraining order against him, she could have gotten a hearing and had an order issued in a matter of hours. But when he loses his job and needs to reduce his child support to reflect what he can actually pay, it takes over a year.
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Thoughts?

Further evidence that the Child Support system is broken?
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That is not right.

I think that it is unreasonable to take more than 30% of anyones after tax income for child support.

strollingbones · Dec 3, 2009

i disagree....a man goes on having children..then he is expected to support them

Modbert · Dec 3, 2009

PLYMCO_PILGRIM said: ↑

That is not right.

I think that it is unreasonable to take more than 30% of anyones after tax income for child support.
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What I find amazing is how much the guy in general gets the shaft because of the reputation of some guys being deadbeat.

Modbert · Dec 3, 2009

strollingbones said: ↑

i disagree....a man goes on having children..then he is expected to support them
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And a man is expected to support them, even if they're not his and the couple has long been broken up. Unless of course, he finds out the wife/girlfriend was a cheating bitch in the first two years and can prove it in court.

Man Pays $12,000 in Support, Finds Out Child Not His - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

HARRISBURG, Pa. A Philadelphia man was forced to pay more than $12,000 in child support for another man's daughter and spent two years in jail for falling behind on payments
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Florida man owes $10,000 for child who's not his - CNN.com

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