an email I received

It's certainly not just my child's father that won't pay for child support. I was copied on an email this week.

"Broncos running back Travis Henry has a lot of money. Enough that he has a $100,000 car. Enough that he's spent $146,000 on jewelry. But not enough to take care of his kids. "

The blog entry continues, quoting the Atlanta Constitution "Henry, 28, has fathered nine children by nine women in at least four Southern states and has been ordered by various judges to provide child support for seven of them, according to court records involving one child living in DeKalb County.

DeKalb Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger this week ordered Henry to provide $3,000 a month for the Lithonia boy he fathered out of wedlock three years ago"

Nine children! What I saw of the article didn't indicate how current he was on the other support orders, but if he's having to provide a trust for this one, I'll take a guess not terribly current.

Shameful!

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/08/25/broncos-running-back-travis-henry-has-nine-children-by-nine-diff/

I'll be posting stories of real people, and the amounts owed, current legislation - lack of effort on child support services etc. in the days to come.

More soon......


Hat tip to Maja for the email.