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3. "an exceptional breed: the million-dollar “deadbeat dad.”"

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 06:05 PM

Dec 2012

Is that measured on a per-child basis?

Like, is it two kids at $500,000 a piece, or is it more like a million at a buck each?

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Huge Child-Support Debt Doesn’t Ensure Time in Jail [View all] alp227 Dec 2012 OP

A deadbeat like that will never pay a dime... Ohio Joe Dec 2012 #1

I agree with you. My father never paid a dime in child support notadmblnd Dec 2012 #4

20 years huh? blueamy66 Dec 2012 #2

"an exceptional breed: the million-dollar “deadbeat dad.”" jberryhill Dec 2012 #3

Debtors prison is like that. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #5

Assuming I am understanding the linked article correctly, PotatoChip Dec 2012 #7

It gets him a seat in Congress if he is a Republican. NPolitics1979 Dec 2012 #8

He is never going to pay his bill, Ms. Sand. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2012 #9