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What is the maximum time a man should spend in jail for child support?

Do you think a man should repeatedly spend a year in jail for child support when he has a wife and other children at home? What should be the maximum sentence?

Well… he certainly can’t be sending any money if he isn’t working. On the other hand, I suppose he should stay in jail as long as it takes for him to realize he has responsibilities he needs to address. How long would you want him to stay in jail if he wasn’t sending you support?

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21 Responses to “What is the maximum time a man should spend in jail for child support?”

  1. 0 days, lock the bitch up instead
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  2. A year sounds good. I don’t have a lot of sympathy for deadbeat dads.
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  3. FrancisLightHouse on November 15th, 2009 at 8:19 am

    No
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  4. he should remain until it is paid…then released
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  5. i dont know what spending a year in jail would do… then there wouldn’t be any money made for any kids. But a man who isn’t paying his child support is a total deadbeat.
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  6. maybe if you payed your fu*ckin child support it wouldn’t be an issue
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  7. Uh no. You wouldn’t get your money either way, so what do you care?
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  8. yes he should, he should be responsible enough to support hus other children, if he has a wife and kids at home why wouldnt he be able to support his other child
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  9. Until that person pays up. If they refuse to pay no child support they deserve time. Otherwise, we raise them on our dime.
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  10. I think that is stupid. Why lock them up? How are they going to pay? Thats why they complain about jail being so crowded. People ar ein there for unnessary reasons. You shouldn’t of had a child by that person then.
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    s.m.

  11. Well… he certainly can’t be sending any money if he isn’t working. On the other hand, I suppose he should stay in jail as long as it takes for him to realize he has responsibilities he needs to address. How long would you want him to stay in jail if he wasn’t sending you support?
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  12. I just want my dad to pay for child support.
    He hasn’t paid in at least 3 years, and he ran away from the US and now no one can find him.
    -__-
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  13. hmm i think yes
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  14. No ,he should not be in jail but there again if he is a swine and refuses to pay for the fun of it then hang him but if its a poor sod that cant afford to pay and his wife wont even let him see the kids then its the woman that should be in jail
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  15. I can’t understand why any man or woman would not want to have contact with their kids, mine are part of my life everyday and I would hate not to see them, that would be a worse punishment than jail time and I mean it.
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    Value your family.

  16. Something Needs Changing on November 15th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    I feel a REAL man pays the support. If it was up to me….A year for every month not paid, and retroactive until the entire payment is made reguardless of the child’s age…An obligation is an obligation….
    I even think that if a man makes no payments, the child turns 18 he STILL needs to make ALL PAST PAYMENTS
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  17. Make him get a second job and a vasectomy and his wife should help him pay she knew he was a package deal
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  18. I dont believe putting a man in jail for missed support is the right solution at all, think about it, if a man is in jail he 1)isn’t working, so no way to pay support this way and 2)could loose his job (if he had one)

    Instead, I believe that if the man has a job, and after trying a child support worker has exhausted communication, the employer should be called and his wages should be automatically garnished, If you wanna renew your licence you cant tell you’ve made back payments or some kind of agreement, and I think your assets should be sold off

    If the guy doenst work, you cant get blood from a stone, so the way I see it, if the guy is a dead beat, hes a dead beat, and if the guy is neglecting to pay because he simply cant afford it, there should be other avenues to pursue other then jail for the sake of him keeping and mainting employment (no one wins if he gets fired)
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  19. They should require the man to work for the state cleaning up trash on the roads, etc, pay him and give 90% of his income to pay off the child support.
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  20. the most I ever seen was 30 days! there is not enough jail space just for people who don’t pay c/s !
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  21. In most states now if the non custodial parent does not pay child support then they loose their drivers license…but its not only dead beat dads it moms too…and if they are put in jail for it it is usually up to the judge how long they will spend in jail and if they are then dhhr (welfare) will pick up were the dead beat dad/mom is not paying or if they are not put in jail they will loose all of their income tax to pay back the child support to the parent who has custody or to the state ….

    But nothing can be done if it is not taken back to your local Family Court and presented to the Judge…..
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    been thru this before…its not fun

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