The insanity and misandry of family courts: man commits suicide in jail cell

[Tuttle]

https://patch.com/illinois/crystallake/cary-man-committed-suicide-mchenry-jail-cell-source

Formerly quite wealthy, Doheny was working to reduce the $20,000 monthly child support payments to his ex-wife, which he could not afford, according to the source.

"He doesn't make that kind of money. He did five years ago, but his situation has changed," the source said in a Nov. 14 email to a local newspaper as part of an inquiry about the legality of child support payments from incarcerated parents.

The source claims that Judge Michael Coppedge, who presided over the case, failed to consider the information provided by Doheny and made it impossible for him to afford child support payments. Doheny was fired from his job as the result of having to make 260 court appearances in the last two years in attempts to lower the payments. The source said his company hired an attorney to keep up with all of the subpoenas his ex-wife sent.

Doheny left letters for loved ones, including four children, but police have yet to release them, according to the source. "They won't even give us copies."

 

[maybethrowed]

judge probably doesnt feel bad. ex-wife probably feels fantastic. no winner here, just a total loss, and the system supports that kind of thing.

 

[nausea]

why jailed?

 

[Tuttle]

How can anyone end up having to pay 20k child support?!?!

That’s ridiculous, no way can it be that high

I'm sure THAT level happens only to those who were doing pretty well.  But as the story goes just because things are going well at the moment doesn't mean it won't go tit's up.  It seems these cases get people's attention but not enough generalize the focus on things like the relative high level of child support from those with moderate means AND the lack of any sort of automatic mechanism (and the deafness of the courts to active appeals) to lower the amount when their income changes.  Another wild example is Dave Foley:

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaC-2lj6HNg[/video]

tldr; Foley owes half a million dollars in child support and can't enter Canada or risk being arrested.

 

[Battlefield3cel]

Smh

 

[Berdea]

How the fuck do people rationalize this?

 

[BlackPill47]

This happens to thousands of men every year thanks to these cucked divorce laws. God damn them and all FHOs who use the system to financially rape men and destroy them by depriving them of their children and draining whatever is left of their money.