Judges can jail alleged defaulters — who are not covered by the presumption of innocence — without a trial
It may not be a crime to be poor, but it can land you behind bars if you also are behind on your child-support payments.Thousands of so-called “deadbeat” parents are jailed each year in the U.S. after failing to pay court-ordered child support — the vast majority of them for withholding or hiding money out of spite or a feeling that they’ve been unfairly gouged by the courts.
But in what might seem like an un-American plot twist from a Charles Dickens’ novel, advocates for the poor say, some parents are wrongly being locked away without any regard for their ability to pay — sometimes without the benefit of legal representation.
2 comments:
The whole law should be overturned.
Dealing with Maryland Child support is a nightmare!!!!
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