Man pays back child support plus extra after clerical error prevented payments from going through, jailed anyway

ILoveHate · 2014-06-27T23:16:10+00:00

So six months in jail pretty much means he lost his job and any chance at future employment. It seems like this country is punishing anyone for being honest and responsible. Might as well lie on your job application, if they check it, you get fired, if they don't, you make bank.

Peter_Principle_ · 2014-06-27T22:46:16+00:00

Legalized slavery.

GiveMeABreak25 · 2014-06-27T21:51:54+00:00

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GMotor · 2014-06-27T21:28:21+00:00

This needs wider exposure. I won't pretend to know the entire story, but based on that one article... it's a wildly inappropriate and shows just how vile the system has become.

2014-06-27T22:07:12+00:00

Once he's out he'll be back to owing back child support, the system just sucks all around for dudes. Your fucked if you do, your fucked if you don't and your fucked if you overdo.

mightyspan · 2014-06-27T22:21:42+00:00

I'll just keep contributing to the Vasagel cause and praying for that shit to get here soon.

Raudskeggr · 2014-06-28T01:18:15+00:00

This judge has a history of coming down hard on men. She's also been known to put her socially conservative views ahead of what is legally correct, or ethically reasonable from a judicial standpoint.

Oh...Texas, though. If Florida is America's cock, and Arizona is the asshole, then Texas is the country's Taint.

House_of_Batiatus · 2014-06-28T01:33:05+00:00

Judge Lisa Millard

Well that explains it.

InvaderDem · 2014-06-28T09:19:30+00:00

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flexyleg · 2014-06-28T02:55:53+00:00

That is so disgusting, poor man. I hope he gets custody of his child. Aren't there people who find ways to ditch child support and get away with it?? It baffles me that he did the right thing and got unfair treatment.

searedscallops · 2014-06-28T03:14:49+00:00

Here's a much better article that analyzes the details at play in this case:

http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/06/that_texas_child_support_case_what_everyone_is_missing.html?wpisrc=newstories

The_Batman_ManBat · 2014-06-28T02:27:05+00:00

http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/gov-rick-perry-remove-all-charges-against-clifford-hall-pertaining-to-his-over-paying-child-support-and-over-visiting-his-son

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2014-06-29T00:17:05+00:00

Best interests of the child...how exactly?

AtheistConservative · 2014-06-28T12:36:02+00:00

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2014-06-28T01:50:28+00:00

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psycho_admin · 2014-06-28T02:33:28+00:00

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/24359680/2014/01/03/father-pays-outstanding-child-support-still-gets-jail-time

Judge Millard tells Fox 26 after she found Hall in contempt he walked out of the courtroom which she says is a big no no.

I believe the contempt charge is part of those months in jail not just the child support issue.

SghettyCorn · 2014-06-28T06:56:17+00:00

Clerical error, hmm.

As in the money came out of his check and then it was held up, or as in the money never came out of his check in the first place because the paperwork never processed?

I think he shoulders some of the responsibility if the money wasn't being deducted in the first place. I guess if he were in a commission-based position it might be a little harder to notice as your check would probably fluctuate.

If it was deducted and was just never delivered, then the whole situation is bullshit.

Either way, I don't think he should go to jail. He attempted to comply and now that the error is resolved it doesn't seem necessary to send him to jail.

It wasn't some sort of blatantly defiant act in never even taking the proper steps to arrange payment. He made the arrangements as he was ordered to. There are certainly deadbeat dads out there who flat out do not make the effort to become - or stay - employed. They deserve a sentence. This guy doesn't seem like that type. Irresponsible if he was oblivious to a lack of deductions (and presumably notices of some sort), and slightly shady if he knew all along. Worthy of some reprimand if the deductions weren't made, but just hard to argue that jail time is the most appropriate course now that the error is resolved. Mandate a good chunk of volunteer hours and an extended sentence for future instances if he's partly responsible.

Flat out drop the shit if the deductions were coming out of his check.

Lurker_IV · 2014-06-28T04:40:23+00:00

THIS WAS ALLREADY ON /R/MENSRIGHTS LESS THAN A DAY AGO. sheesh

http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/296v70/dont_pay_your_child_support_jail_overpay_your/

Funcuz · 2014-06-28T12:06:47+00:00

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/childsupport.asp

Hmmmm...now why does Snopes have information on this ?

Yeah, something ain't right here.

Edit : I love getting voted down for pointing out inconvenient facts. Hmmmm...what you guys are basically saying is "But I feeeeeeeeeeeeeel like I should be outraged."

Title	Man pays back child support plus extra after clerical error prevented payments from going through, jailed anyway
Author	mightyspan
Upvotes	649
Comments	49
Date	June 27, 2014 8:53 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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