How dose that work out. Putting guy`s in jail for not paying for his kids and his ex .?

I think it is beyond ridiculous. Look at it logically, the parent doesn't pay child support so the courts put him/her in jail. While in jail the parent is not working and making money hence still not paying support. Person comes out of jail and has no doubt lost his/her job, can't pay child support and gets even further behind, and after another couple of months goes back to jail.

How does this make any sense at all? And how can the children feel knowing that one parent has caused another to be put in jail? All I see in these situations is a lot of people being hurt one way or another.

Ive never heard of jail? But I have heard that they will garnish your wages and at the very most put a hold on your drivers licence, so when you go to renew your licence, you have to pay your child support, or you wont get a licence. I have also heard you cant cross the border...but jail? Seems to me that if hes in jail then its a sure thing you aren't going to get any kind of financial support, and that sorta defeats the purpose doenst it?

Yeah because all children need is money from their Dads, not there love time and support or anything like that. Put him in jail until he is willing to pay for his ex wife's house, car, holidays etc....

Well apparently he wanted the family to begin with, then decided oops now I do not want one, so now he needs to pay for his mistakes. When you take on the responsibility of a family it is a mans responsibility to see the family through. It should also work the same if a woman leaves a family high and dry. She should have the same responsibility to that family.

You dont pay for kids that you knowingly brought in to the world... then the law will impose a tax on you which can be resolved by paying or serving time in the slammer

my mother used to call my dads job to harass him about where is the money for child support, she even got him fired from 12 jobs back in the 70's for doing this. she had him arrested when he would come to pick us up if he didn't have the money to pay her for her drug habit. she denies this of course to me her daughter i'm 42 remember her bragging about it to me step-dad that was molesting me. she thought it was a game. i'm the oldest of 16 kids between both what i call 8 marriages, 2 my mom, 4 to my dad. that is including adopted children and 1/2 siblings. that sucks for me....... my dad is dead now so is my step-dad that said he was sorry before he past. he really meant it. she is my only parent now so i live in another state we talk but don't get along together in the same house, however we are for the first time in my life becoming mother and daughter. as strange as it is to me, i still love her but don't trust her.

I'm sure the ex's do there share to support the kid/kids! You can't raise a child on child support alone! It's definitely not enough for full support!

My husbands ex wife is court ordered to pay child support, but hasn't in three years. We just blow it off. We don't want our son to have to go see his mom in jail.

It's called justice. Dead beat dads go to jail for not paying their court ordered child support. If you obey the law then you won't go to jail.

Seems to work good to me. He ain't paying anyway so he may as well rot in cell!