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Originally posted by MaggieL
His whole beef with the *state* should be the subject of a Federal civil rights lawsuit...and should include any damages (like interest and lost income) he suffered as a result.
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Sovereign immunity is a quite useful thing.
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He also should have petitioned the court for a reduction in his child support...which he didn't bother to do because he figured he'd never get out and the kid's custodians wouldn't persue him..
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I'd think that being on death row would tend to distract one from such considerations. You consider it just to penalize him for failure to do the appropriate paperwork while in prison?
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But none of this has *anything* to do with his absolute liability for the child support. The child support obligation goes from one parent to the *child*, with the custodial parent acting for the child. The state is only involved by way of enforcing the civil court's order on behalf of the custodian.
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Oh, bull. The state makes the laws imposing the liability. The state imposes the penalties. The state sets the amounts. The state makes the obligation nondischargable in bankruptcy (which would have been the obvious answer, even had he been imprisoned justly). The civil court is an instrument of the state. The state is involved up to its eyebrows.