"Childless man freed after serving time for child support violations"

[armyowalgreens]

(CNN) -- Frank Hatley spent the past year in jail for being a deadbeat dad. But there's one problem -- Hatley doesn't have any children. And the "deadbeat" label doesn't fit the 50-year-old either, his supporters say.

After a hearing, Hatley was released from the Cook County Jail in south Georgia Wednesday afternoon, with the help of the Southern Center for Human Rights.

Superior Court Judge Dane Perkins ruled that Hatley was indigent and should not be jailed for not being able to make child support payments. Perkins postponed a decision on whether Hatley should have to make any more back payments on child-support for a child who is not his.

In June of last year, a judge ordered Hatley to jail for failing to reimburse the state for public assistance that was paid to support his "son," who, as the court was aware, is not actually his son.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/15/georgia.child.support/index.html

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A very interesting case.

I find it rather funny that the judge in this case decided to throw the book at THIS guy while my father owes 30 K in back child support and refurbishes vintage Jaguars while also purchasing new suits.

[FreakinDJ]

1. How could a "childless" man go to jail for non-support

some thing is wrong with that picture

[Liberal In Texas]

2. From reading the link, it sounds like he signed an agreement to make the support

payments. He should have had good legal representation from the beginning to determine if the kid was actually his.