Favorite quotes from my attorney:
"It offends the sensibilities of this court to ask us to believe that the Respondent (that's him) can't afford to pay child support but he can afford to take the children to Disneyland, go to Hawaii on his honeymoon, and spend two vacationing weeks in Ireland."
"The Respondent says he is living off his wife's income. We have the benefit of having his wife's divorce decree dated May 2008. In her financial declaration she claims that she is a student and she has no income. In addition to that, they began dating (read - living together) in December of 2007. You mean to tell me that he didn't have to pay anything for online dating sites, for new clothes, he never paid to take her out on dates, he didn't buy her a ring?" (notice the dates here. I didn't know about this little fact before. They got married two weeks after her divorce finalized. Wonder how long this relationship will last?)
"In the Respondent's reply to the contempt of court charges, he admits to his guilt, gives reasoning for it, says he stands by his decision, and says he would do it again. He seems to believe that what he thinks is more important than what this court has ordered."
"We are asking that the Respondent be put in jail for his contemptuous actions. If the Respondent doesn't want to comply with court orders, perhaps he needs some time to sit and think about it."
Favorite Quotes from the Judge:
Top Favorite Quote:
"The court sanctions the Respondent and orders that he spend five days in jail. Judgment is entered for the amounts requested by the Petitioner (that's me). (Plus he has to pay my attorney's fees!)"
"The written response by the Respondent contains many admissions against self interest"
"If you have no income, how are you eating, how are you buying clothes, how are you paying your bills?"
"If your family can pay for you to go on vacation and out to fancy restaurants why can't they help you pay your child support?"
"This court understands financial difficulties, what this court doesn't understand is a whole bunch of zeros for child support payments."
"The children cannot wear explanations, they can't eat excuses. If the Respondent eats, he must assist the children in eating. If the Respondent keeps warm, he must assist the children in keeping warm. If the Respondent has a place to live, he must assist the children in having a place to live."
"The Petitioner may seek attorney’s fees if either additional hearing is necessary. At the two other hearings that are scheduled, the Court will not accept explanations or excuses by the Respondent. The only thing the Court will accept is compliance with the court order."
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People who don't pay child support should be treated like criminals.
I didn't know, so I looked up the law definition of "sanction":
The contempt-of-court offense provides a flexible form of sanction. Contempt-of-court sanctions may be either civil or criminal. The court may order a party to pay a fine or suffer some setback in the case (civil contempt), or it may order that the party be placed in jail (criminal contempt). The basic difference between the two is that criminal contempt is an act of disrespect toward the court, whereas civil contempt acts tend to be less offensive transgressions, such as the unintentional failure to comply with discovery orders or to perform other acts ordered by the court.
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