2 new ways to avoid paying child support

Different (divorced) people have different ways of trying to get out of paying child support..

Here are two examples of recent attempts to get out of paying up...

1. In Chicago some guy jumped out of a third story window to avoid paying the child support he owed..

A Near North Side man who has a criminal record that includes 80 convictions and 14 arrests is hospitalized with two broken legs and other injuries after having jumped out of a third floor window to elude arrest on a warrant for unpaid child support.

Ronald “Boobie” McIntyre, 35, of the 1300 block of North Hudson Street, was wanted for failure to pay $5,979.66 in court-ordered support for his children, according to a release from the Cook County sheriff's office. Court records show he has been arrested 14 times and has 80 criminal convictions unrelated to this warrant.

Deputies with the Cook County Sheriff’s Child Support Enforcement Unit attempted to take McIntyre into custody Tuesday afternoon.

When they arrived at a third-floor apartment where they heard he was staying, they announced their office and were greeted by a woman who said she didn’t know where he could be found, the release said.

But she invited them inside and as they searched the premises, a juvenile pointed to a window. The deputies walked to that window, looked down and saw McIntyre lying on the ground below. Though it appeared he landed on grass, it was actually artificial turf covering concrete that he landed on.

Deputies ran downstairs, but a wrought-iron security gate prevented them from immediately arresting McIntyre, who was still attempting to elude them by crawling away, the release said. Deputies ordered him to give them his wrist to be cuffed, but he replied by cursing at them. However, McIntyre landed close enough to the gate and struggled to move, so deputies were able to reach through the gate, grab his wrist and handcuff him to the fence until building security arrived to unlock it.

An ambulance was called and deputies learned McIntyre suffered multiple compound fractures to both legs, among other injuries. He remains hospitalized Wednesday, but a judge ordered him to remain free until his next court date, which is set for Oct. 19.

and then there is the legal claim of getting out of child support as seen in case #2...

2. claiming that it is violating his religious freedom, as forcing him to pay child support will force him to leave kollel and go to work to be able to afford the expense.

What really irked me this week was when a father wrote to the court that his wife, my client, was violating his religious freedom by forcing him to leave Kollel and seek employment in order to pay his child support obligations. There is something patently offensive about that.

In other cultures, the fathers simply deny being the father. In those instances the court simply orders DNA testing. But this new argument, what I call “The Kollel Argument,” defies logic and I can only hope is an anomaly that won’t be repeated.

some people...