I May be Going to Debtor's Prison

[sabrina 1]

267. Yes, he did. You obviously did not read the comment section. He was denied.

However, he has received a very good suggestion in the comments, one that should be the first consideration of any judge involved in cases where children are concerned.

Apparently he can ask for a representative for the children which will not cost him or his wife. This will help determine what is in their best interests, which clearly this judge is not even thinking of right now.

I see this being discussed here as if only the husband and wife were involved, and only money was at stake. When in reality the most important aspect of this case IS the children. I have asked over and over how sending their father to jail will benefit the children. Apparently people are focused on 'punishing' someone they secretly believe must be to blame for being poor and therefore deserves to be punished. Poor IS a huge crime in this country.

But the reality is that it is the children who should come first. It's interesting to read all the comments here supporting jail for a father in order to satisfy some strange need to exact punishment, rather than a resolution that will have the best possible outcome for the the children which this is supposed to be all about.

I hope he finds out how to go about getting a lawyer for the children. They sure need someone to speak for THEM. It appears that those justifying the jail option, are speaking only for themselves with little or not regard for what it does to a child when a father they love is sent to jail by their mother.

He apparently has a very good relationship with his children. They love him. No judge has the right to take their father away from them. But I know, we live in a capitalistic society where money is THE most important consideration even if it means destroying those children, which it very well may do.

Put it this way, they will survive waiting for him to get a better job, during which time they can spend weekends and share memories with a loving father. But those weekends and those precious moments will be stolen from them by a harsh judge who is more interested in the 'law' than in justice for the children.

I've known fathers who went through this, and I have no doubt that the children are the last thing anyone is thinking of, and in the end, they will suffer the most, more than he will or his ex wife, if he goes to jail.

Good that someone is thinking clearly. Good that someone in the comment section realized that NO ONE is representing the most important people in this story. Let's hope they get that representation.