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In reply to the discussion: Charles Bruce and debtors prison [View all]Mammone
(23 posts)12. Dennis Rodman and Dave Foley
Are very seriously behind on CS based on their career high incomes. Dave Foley will be arrested for $500k arrears if he goes back to Canada. On appeal Dave Foley lost his case for modification. Dennis Rodman will never get another NBA contract. The courts are callous and don't care what man they destroy.
It really has become too risky for men to marry and have children in the US. Charles Bruce is not an isolated case.
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Kids aren't a consumer good. One doesn't need "to pay for them", one needs to "parent" them.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2012
#5
Here's my point. Going by the "traditional", Mitt Romney style family arrangement
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2012
#6
You and I agree on much, but I think we part ways on a couple parts too.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2012
#8
I hear you, Jeff. In my family it was my dad who was the alcoholic. I do suspect that both our
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2012
#14
Fitness based on what though? Whose criteria. There really only is one acceptable one
stevenleser
Apr 2012
#21
I'd start with who has been providing the majority of care, and then see how the kids feel.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2012
#24
And I think that since the marital union is not an issue any longer, any arrangements made are not
stevenleser
Apr 2012
#25
You don't think, for instance, that the fact that one parent has spent 10 yrs in the workforce
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2012
#26
No.Let's turn that around. Since one that one parent has spent 10 years in the workforce should they
stevenleser
Apr 2012
#27
I'm sorry, but I'm not buying the narrative of "greedy ex... and !kids!"
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2012
#16
When your kids live with you half of the time, you are supporting them. Period. nt
stevenleser
Apr 2012
#22
The whole non-custodial parent is an invented and discriminatory state that is unnecessary
stevenleser
Apr 2012
#23
Progress is slow when there's a strong financial incentive to keep it the way it is.
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2012
#29