This is so totally not happening...

[yumijimeru]

My mother is trying to send my father to jail because of back child support.

Reasons why this is assinine:
     1) All three of his girls are over the age of 18, which means you can't charge him for the past 4 years. Fine, you want what's owed to you for the time we were under the age of eighteen, I get that. But don't you dare try and say he has to

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I need a Harvey Birdman lj icon. The Monarch will have to do for now.

[albino_minako]

What state were you all in during the divorce? It sounds like you need to do a little research.

http://www.divorcenet.com/states/new_jersey/contempt_for_failure_to_pay_child_support
"A second defense is an inability to pay the amount of child support ordered by the court. This defense is a long shot at best. It does not mean that you cannot afford to pay because you have other obligations like your mortgage, house payment, and other bills. In order to prevail on this defense you must convince the court of EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:

a. You lacked the ability to provide support in the amount ordered;
b. You had no property that could be sold, mortgaged, or otherwise pledged to raise the funds needed;
c. You actually attempted to borrow the funds needed but were unsuccessful; AND
d. You knew of no source at all from which you could have borrowed or obtained the money by ANY legal means."... )