NV: Father sent to prison for not paying child support

Oh yeah, this makes a ****in' ****-load of sense! 24-60 months - in the
freakin' State Pen??? For failure to pay a debt?!?!? WTF, over?!?

Oh, this story just screams of a Federal law suit on it's way.
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Father sent to prison for not paying child support



MARLENE GARCIA,
December 8, 2005

http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/ar...News/112080017


A Fallon man was sent to prison Tuesday for not paying child support for his
twin children.

Jolon Thomas Farren owes more than $15,000 in support payments since his
children were born five years ago, said Churchill County District Attorney
Arthur Mallory.

The Department of Parole and Probation recommended Farren be placed on
probation so he could began making payments, but Mallory asked Judge Robert
E. Estes to send the defendant to prison.

Mallory said Farren, 33, did not show up for an interview at the probation
department before his sentencing date, an indication that he would not
follow the rules on probation. Defendants go through an interview process
that covers their personal and criminal history before probation officials
make a recommendation to the judge at sentencing.

"The defendant's parents have indicated there are drugs involved," Mallory
said. "The $15,000 is not going to get paid if you give him probation. We're
asking for 24-60 months in the Nevada State Penitentiary so maybe he'll
realize some things he needs to get done, and that's to pay his child
support."

The children's mother was in court. She told Judge Estes that Farren has
only paid $150 toward supporting his children in five years.

Farren said it was not until the children were 2 1/2 years old before DNA
testing proved he was the father. He also alleged he was denied any
visitation or contact with the twins.

Defense attorney Paul Drakulich asked for probation.

"Ultimately, what we're trying to do here is get this child support paid and
get these children taken care of. He not going to be able to do that sitting
in prison," the attorney said.

Judge Estes asked Farren if he had paid any support since June 8, 2004 when
a judgement was entered against him for failure to pay support. He was
ordered to pay $450 a month. The defendant said he had made two payments of
$20 or $40.

"Mr. Farren, I understand this is not a violent offense and ordinarily the
court would be quite amenable to probation...You've known this was happening
for a long time and you didn't care," Judge Estes said.

He sentenced Farren to 12-32 months in the Nevada State Prison.

Marlene Garcia can be contacted at



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Mallory said Farren, 33, did not show up for an interview at the probation department before his sentencing date, an indication that he would not follow the rules on probation. Defendants go through an interview process that covers their personal and criminal history before probation officials make a recommendation to the judge at sentencing.


This guy did not exactly help himself either.

"Dusty" wrote in

He sentenced Farren to 12-32 months in the Nevada State Prison.

Seeing as he's not a threat to society, I bet he's out in 30 days cause the
State can't afford the expense of jailing non violent felons with no real
criminal intent.

"Dusty" wrote in message
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Oh yeah, this makes a ****in' ****-load of sense! 24-60 months - in the
freakin' State Pen??? For failure to pay a debt?!?!? WTF, over?!?

Oh, this story just screams of a Federal law suit on it's way.
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Father sent to prison for not paying child support

Not for failure to pay a debt. For failure to provide care for his
children. Not paying child support is equivocal to child abuse.

"Lesa" wrote in message
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"Dusty" wrote in message
...
Oh yeah, this makes a ****in' ****-load of sense! 24-60 months - in the
freakin' State Pen??? For failure to pay a debt?!?!? WTF, over?!?

Oh, this story just screams of a Federal law suit on it's way.
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Father sent to prison for not paying child support

Not for failure to pay a debt. For failure to provide care for his
children. Not paying child support is equivocal to child abuse.

What would you propose he do when he doesn't have the cash to cough up, what
then?

Say you have someone that had a good job at one time, but because of
circumstances beyond their control (bad economy) they can't find work in
their field any longer and therefore can't continue to pay C$ at the same
rate.

Say this fellow went to court, several times, and asked (begged) the court
to lessen his C$ to a more reasonable level, but the court refused to do so.

Say the judge was a pompous ass and instead of lowering this guys C$ (as the
law requires when there's a "change in circumstance"), the judge RAISES it,
until it reaches such a level that any arrears created would be impossible
to pay off.

Say this guy has spoken to several lawyers about taking the case and they
keep telling him it's a lost cause and that he could be arrested on the spot
if he goes to court to try to set things right. Or, because they know that
the court will never listen, tell him to flee the country and start over
someplace else.

Now I ask you, if you where this person, what incentive would you have to go
back to court, for whatever reason? Oh, I should tell you, the above
actually happened, by the way.

It's always nice to see that the doors of the debtor's prisons are
reopening.

No one seems to care if these fathers will be unable to pay for their
basic needs of food and shelter as long as they're shelling out the
cash to some greedy bitch.

"Lesa" wrote:
"Dusty" wrote:
Oh yeah, this makes a ****in' ****-load of sense! 24-60 months -
in the freakin' State Pen??? For failure to pay a debt?!?!? WTF
Not for failure to pay a debt. For failure to provide care for his
children. Not paying child support is equiv[ilent] to child abuse.

By the time his case reached this point, there were undoutably many
court hearings and ample proof that hs failure to pay was willful and
not merely a result of an unavoidable shortage. I have no sympathy
for true deadbeats.

I sympathize with those who do the best they can with what they've
got, try to keep up, yet fall behind, and find themselves entangled in
the enforcement system, even though there circumstances that would
have warranted a previous reduction. Their DL's are suspended and
they are hauled into court every few months all to collect arrearages
that, had they been able to afford legal representation, never would
have occurred in the first place. =R=

"Dusty" wrote in message
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"Lesa" wrote in message
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"Dusty" wrote in message
...
Oh yeah, this makes a ****in' ****-load of sense! 24-60 months - in
the
freakin' State Pen??? For failure to pay a debt?!?!? WTF, over?!?

Oh, this story just screams of a Federal law suit on it's way.
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Father sent to prison for not paying child support

Not for failure to pay a debt. For failure to provide care for his
children. Not paying child support is equivocal to child abuse.

What would you propose he do when he doesn't have the cash to cough up,
what
then?

Clearly, this was a case where he just didn't care.



"Farren, 33, did not show up for an interview at the probation department
before his sentencing date, an indication that he would not
follow the rules on probation"

"The defendant's parents have indicated there are drugs involved,"

"The children's mother was in court. She told Judge Estes that Farren has
only paid $150 toward supporting his children in five years."

"Judge Estes asked Farren if he had paid any support since June 8, 2004 when
a judgement was entered against him for failure to pay support. He was
ordered to pay $450 a month. The defendant said he had made two payments of
$20 or $40."

"Mr. Farren, I understand this is not a violent offense and ordinarily the
court would be quite amenable to probation...You've known this was happening
for a long time and you didn't care,"


Say you have someone that had a good job at one time, but because of
circumstances beyond their control (bad economy) they can't find work in
their field any longer and therefore can't continue to pay C$ at the same
rate.

Read the article - he just didn't care.



Say this fellow went to court, several times, and asked (begged) the court
to lessen his C$ to a more reasonable level, but the court refused to do
so.

He didn't show up at court. Read the article.



Say the judge was a pompous ass and instead of lowering this guys C$ (as
the
law requires when there's a "change in circumstance"), the judge RAISES
it,
until it reaches such a level that any arrears created would be impossible
to pay off.

Read the article - he didn't show up at court.


Say this guy has spoken to several lawyers about taking the case and they
keep telling him it's a lost cause and that he could be arrested on the
spot
if he goes to court to try to set things right. Or, because they know
that
the court will never listen, tell him to flee the country and start over
someplace else.

Read the article.


Now I ask you, if you where this person, what incentive would you have to
go
back to court, for whatever reason? Oh, I should tell you, the above
actually happened, by the way.

Read the article.

By the time his case reached this point, there were undoutably many
court hearings and ample proof that hs failure to pay was willful and
not merely a result of an unavoidable shortage. I have no sympathy
for true deadbeats.


What's the point of going to those Kourt hearing and supplying ample proof
of destitution when those procedures are nothing more than window dressing?

The real joke is they call this freedom & justice! LOLOLOLOL

The real truth, the CS racket is nothing more than a railroad ride for all
men.
Sooner than later, all our son's will face this same horror too. What a
monster we have created!!!!

"DB" wrote in message
. com...

By the time his case reached this point, there were undoutably many
court hearings and ample proof that hs failure to pay was willful and
not merely a result of an unavoidable shortage. I have no sympathy
for true deadbeats.


What's the point of going to those Kourt hearing and supplying ample proof
of destitution when those procedures are nothing more than window
dressing?

The real joke is they call this freedom & justice! LOLOLOLOL

The real truth, the CS racket is nothing more than a railroad ride for all
men.
Sooner than later, all our son's will face this same horror too. What a
monster we have created!!!!

Family court is the only court where the burden of proof is on the defendant
to prove they can't do something. In all other courts the burden of proof
is on the accuser/prosecutor to prove their allegation.

Let's say you were accused of not going to the grocery store. How would you
set up a defense to a charge like that?