Fathers Targeted by Cox Speak
Out
Keith, a Michigan father, has been ordered
to come up with $33,000 by January 1st or he will go to federal
prison for four years. Like so many divorced fathers, his child
support arrearage is not the product of irresponsibility or
neglect but instead because the courts were slow to adjust his
support obligation downward after he lost a well-paying job.
Keith has shared custody of his two teenage
boys, who are scheduled to come to his house to live in
January--if he's not in prison. His mistreatment at the hands of
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and Michigan child support
enforcement is so bad and counterproductive that even his
ex-wife has stood by him and helped him fight the system.
Darlene, a Michigan mother, watched her
husband be thrown in jail with violent criminals even though he
had overpaid his child support and had documents showing he had
overpaid his child support. Her husband's child support was not
recognized by the system, however, because by court order he had
paid the money directly to his ex-wife.
Beating up on deadbeat dads makes good
politics and sound bites for grandstanding politicians in an
election year. Glenn heard the stories of some of the victims of
Cox's anti-father campaign on
His Side with Glenn Sacks
on October 17.
To learn more about Mike Cox's assault on
Michigan fathers, see:
