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Sunday 29 July 2007

Archive for July, 2007

Child Support: Mark Carpenter has come to expect the early morning knock at his door.

Sunday 29 July 2007 @ 12:40 pm

“The amount debtors must pay to stay out of handcuffs varies, depending on what … caseworkers believe the parent is able to pay.”

Comments (0) | Posted in child support, crime + punishment, government

Tennesse paternity fraud rampant: 2006 DNA tests shows 27 percent not the dad

Saturday 28 July 2007 @ 5:32 pm

In Tennessee last year, more than 7,000 men named as fathers by women seeking child-support or government assistance were tested by the Tennessee Department of Human Services, and roughly 27 percent of those men were found not to be the biological father — a staggering revelation.

Comments (0) | Posted in child support, crime + punishment, paternity fraud

Child support clerk charged with embezzlement

Saturday 28 July 2007 @ 5:24 pm

Cindy Phillips Truhett allegedly stole more than $216,000 by writing unauthorized checks to herself from January 2002 through April.

Comments (0) | Posted in child support, crime + punishment, sex and metropolis

Attorney sees no ties between divorce, patrols near wedding

Friday 27 July 2007 @ 12:12 pm

The divorce attorney for a Kanawha County sheriff’s deputy said Wednesday she doesn’t think there is a link between the divorce and the deputy patrolling near the wedding of the opposing attorney in the case earlier this month.

Comments (0) | Posted in divorce, sex and metropolis

Mother-in-law guilty of ‘honour’ murder

Friday 27 July 2007 @ 9:16 am

Bachan, a grandmother of 16 children, and her son later said that she had got rid of Surjit by getting a relative to strangle her and throw her body into a river in the Punjab.

Comments (0) | Posted in crime + punishment, sex and metropolis

Federally-funded program aims to help fathers ‘reconnect with kids’

Thursday 26 July 2007 @ 7:50 pm

Children who grow up without their fathers are far more likely to fail in school, engage in criminal activity and abuse alcohol and drugs, according to human services department and numerous studies.

Comments (0) | Posted in Fathers, government, sex and metropolis

Cashed-up baby boomers - including older women - ‘to fuel sex service boom’

Thursday 26 July 2007 @ 7:47 pm

“…given the increasingly sexual liberalisation of society and particularly the sexual freedom of women, we anticipate the female customer segment will grow over the next five years. We predict an increase in the number of women not only paying for sexual services but visiting strip clubs and accessing sexual material via the telephone, internet, pay TV and DVD.”

Comments (0) | Posted in counterPULSE, human nature, men + women, sex and metropolis

Disgraced former prosecutor Nifong Admits No Crime in Duke Case

Thursday 26 July 2007 @ 1:45 pm

Disgraced former prosecutor Mike Nifong acknowledged Thursday there is “no credible evidence” that three Duke lacrosse players committed any of the crimes he accused them of more than a year ago, offering for the first time a complete and unqualified apology.

Comments (0) | Posted in bias, counterPULSE, crime + punishment, government, sex and metropolis

UK: Child Support Agency IT systems ‘cannot handle’ disputed claims

Wednesday 25 July 2007 @ 8:33 pm

The IT system at the crisis-stricken Child Support Agency cannot handle maintenance claims that are in dispute between parents, ministers have admitted.

Comments (0) | Posted in child support, sex and metropolis

NFL Matt Leinart’s child support woes

Wednesday 25 July 2007 @ 8:32 pm

TMZ.com reports the NFL star is in “a raging legal fight with his ex-girlfriend, Brynn Cameron, over the couple’s son. According to sources close to the case, Brynn wants Matt to hand over more than $30,000 per month!”

Comments (0) | Posted in child support, sex and metropolis