Family Law

Man jailed in Mississippi for failing to pay child support

By Robert M. Kisselburgh, Esq.

Iowa man jailed in Mississippi for not paying child support

The Mississippi Attorney General's office recently prosecuted a dad who neglected his children by failing to pay child support. Last month, he was sent to prison. Last November, the man plead guilty to felony child desertion, but the Circuit Court Judge gave him an opportunity to pay the child support. He did not, so the Judge sent him to prison for five years. Hopefully, this story will get the attention of some who are behind on child support payments.

If you are currently ordered to pay child support, have got behind, and are unable to pay, you need to get before the Judge to plead your case. Child support payments that have come due cannot be set aside. Rather, the Court can only modify your child support obligations in the future. And you will find that if you have got behind, the Court will work out a schedule for you to pay off the past debts, but you need to get before the Court to have the matter heard. If you ignore it and put it off, then you face the possibility of being prosecuted for child desertion.

Source: Clarion-Ledger

Reported by Mississippi Attorney Robert Kisselburgh

Full post as published by Mississippi Family Law Blog on July 08, 2009 (boomark / email).