Since the economic downturn, many Americans have to make cut backs. For some people, this means not being able to pay child support in full. In Tennessee alone, child support payments are down $13 million from last year.
We talk with Sheila Jones Calloway, a magistrate in Tennessee who has been hearing child support cases. We also talk with Carlos Jarrett, a father in the state who has been unable to pay in full his child support payments for his 3-year-old daughter.
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The Child Support system is nothing but the state being a thug and stealing from Fathers. Why is it the state will pay to take a man to court for not paying child support but the mother can violate the support agreement left and right and the MAN/Father has to hire an attorney and start a legal process to get his custodial rights. And guess what, the Mothers know this and take advantage of it.
In this time of EXTREME economic downturn, the courts have appeared to show NO flexibility towards men.
When they throw men into jail for 6 months for non-payment of child support, what good does this do? (helps improve the profits of the private companies running the prisons!)
In my case, my ex-wife treats the child support as her personal money denying the children things they need and deserve.
There is a men's rights group and they had an excellent idea. Both parties should have to pay into an account for supporting the children and the children's expenses are paid from that account. How much money does the mother really spend on the children? How many mothers take that child support money and support their boyfriends?
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