[quote=AN][quote=bearishgurl]In other words, an American single mom on public aid who had five minor children with three different dads has THREE prospective and potential payors to the “system” of aid reimbursement.
A “fringe (ousted) “Mormon” sect mom with five minor children has likely had all her kids with ONE dad. The problem is, that dad ALSO currently has 20 OTHER minor kids to support with 16 of them under the age of 14.
That’s not enough payors to reimburse the “system” should that mom have to apply for public assistance for her children out of necessity.
No, I don’t feel polygamy should be legalized. But if 7 “sister wives” are living together with their collective 28 minor kids in the middle of nowhere and are not nor have ever collected any public aid and they are all happy with their arrangement, far be it from me to judge their lifestyle.[/quote]What make you think those 3 prospective and potential “payers” don’t also impregnate another 20 women and have 20 other kids each? Also, what if those 3 prospective and potential “payers” are broke and are living on welfare? Should we ban marriage for all poor people too?[/quote]
Uhhh, AN, I’m not saying we should “ban marriage.”
Polygamists aren’t legally married … at least not to any more spouses than ONE.
I’ve heard of ONE single father of five kids (with 2-4 separate moms) but I’ve never heard of one single father with 20+ kids floating around out there …. that is, unless they were a sperm donor at one point and thus aren’t financially responsible for them OR they are polygamists.
If a CS payor is “broke” and on “temporary general relief” of $70 – $200 mo (non-custodial parents are not entitled to TANF) and a court order is in place for CS, then they will accrue arrears in CS when they don’t pay it as they are expected to work.
If a CS payor is alive but incarcerated, then his/her CS payments or arrears can be stayed for the period of incarceration if the court is made aware of it, either forward or retroactively or both.
If a CS payor is alive but in the hospital for a lengthy stay and/or terminally ill, he/she can send their attorney into court to have their child support modified, stayed or terminated, either going forward or retroactively or both.
