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Nolimit

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4. Injustice!

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Tue May 7, 2013, 11:12 AM

May 2013

How on Earth could anyone receive backpay from alimony when they were in prison? I thought they're needs were taken care of prison. The guy's a child raper, he shouldn't even be alive.

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Mother Forced To Pay Spousal Support To Man Who Raped Daughter [View all] The Straight Story May 2013 OP

Ugh. Hopefully the judge will make the right call and deny, nt geek tragedy May 2013 #1

Misleading headline. Ex-husband, not just a "man". 2 separate issues here. uppityperson May 2013 #2

Their headline. And term 'spousal support' pretty much denotes an Ex (nt) The Straight Story May 2013 #3

Hopefully California will react to this case and add child abuse MattBaggins May 2013 #5

That would be good, laws sometimes need changing and modifying and this is one of them. uppityperson May 2013 #11

The judge is still allowed--and SHOULD --deny his motion in the entirety. geek tragedy May 2013 #12

It seems strange that this is even a problem at all MattBaggins May 2013 #13

Injustice! Nolimit May 2013 #4

We know it's neo-PC to beat your chest and want to kill everyone MattBaggins May 2013 #8

Good grief! Sometimes common sense just needs to come into the courtroom! hamsterjill May 2013 #6

The judge is allowed to deny his motion for "any other factors the court considers just and geek tragedy May 2013 #7

A man of small character abuses children. A man of even smaller character expects to get payment... LanternWaste May 2013 #9

If unproven charges meant you don't have to pay alimony Cicada May 2013 #10