Deadbeat Dads of Arizona On The Rise Nation Wide.
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
by Gary W. Halsey Sr.
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I promised a friend of mine at work, that I would write about a study that I have done, regarding "Deadbeat Dads" First off, I would like to point out, that not only dads are deadbeats, but so are some moms, that have been ordered to pay child support, and they have fallen in arrearages as much as some of the men have, but I have to say, of this study, (only in Arizona), it is more common for the dads to be the deadbeats. The numbers are higher for the men. In one incident, there was a "Roundup" that was performed by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (He is the infamous sheriff, that started "Tent City)". This "Roundup" is called "Operation Daddy Dearest". By the end of this roundup,deputies had cleared 80 warrants involving back child support and other drugs and probation related violations. Totally, those who had warrants owed a whopping $175,342!
Gladys Lopatofsky, who says her husband owes $382,000 in back child support, is still waiting. Deputies are working with authorities outside Arizona to take Timothy Lopatofsky into custody. Gladys Lopatofsky said her husband is a wealthy man who even canceled his child's medical insurance! "I will never give up," said Lopatofsky, of Phoenix. "Eventually, he will be caught." The Arizona Republic
I personally have no tolerance for "Deadbeat anything", Moms or Dads. There is no excuse to punish your child, for something that you have done, and are not accepting the responsibility for. To those that do, they should spend some time in Sheriff Joe Arpaio "Tent City". I have known some folks and friends that have had to deal with deadbeat dads. These encounters are not pleasant, and can sometimes lead to allot of verbal abuse, which yields nothing for the child or children involved. These moms that are left with the responsibilities of raising a child alone, are just as much a "victim", as the child is. They have to find ways to make ends meet. They involve family, and sometimes they are on their own having to seek welfare, or work multiple jobs trying to put food on the table, and a roof over the child's head. That is not an easy thing to do on your own.
I would encourage all the deadbeat dads, or moms out there, to take the bull by the horns, and realize whose lives they are affecting, and to step up to the plate, and do what is right for that innocent child. Pay your support, become involved with your child, get to know them, and who they are. You will experience a wonderful pay-off, and that is the child's respect. They need both parents, whether married or not, they need both parents. If you are reading this, and you are a "deadbeat mom, or a deadbeat dad", don't let society put that label on you. Be responsible, get a good job, and help support that miracle that you helped to bring into this world. They did not ask to be born; they did not ask to be here. Love them, and cherish them.
You cannot buy the rewards that you will receive from these angels of God you both created. Make it right with yourself, your ex, and most of all, your child. When they get older, make them PROUD that you are their mom or dad. Love them, and cherish them, not as a married couple, but as a mom and dad. Let them know they are loved. I know, my dad never gave my mother a cent to raise me, and didn't even try to contact me, until I was 22 years old. Don't wait that long. by then, it may be too late. Think about it. then act responsibly. Do the right thing. God will love you for it.
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Top-level comments on this article: (7 total)Gary, this is a fantastic piece of writing that hits home. I am personally owed over$15,000. But hopefully some of these "deadbeats" will decide to turn their lives around and NOT ruin the lives of their children, but the odds aren't good.We need more law officials of the calibre of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. I feel that his "tent city" is the best option going, but I understand he deals with a lot of BS because of it.Again, a fantastic piece of writing, Gary.
Thanks Ken...I was astounded at the number of "Deadbeats" there are!! It's incredible. But the law is getting better at looking for these inconsiderate creeps. If I had my way, they would all be in jail, just to think about it for awhile, to reflect on their actions, and they would be taking a class about humanity, while sitting in the pink underware that sheriff Joe makes them wear, in 115 degree heat.......lol....I'm glad we have him.......thanks for you comments.......and for reading....I liked your part !!...it was very well written, Your pal, and fan, and friend in pen.....Gary
Deadbeat dads you say? According to a 7-year study done by Arizona State University Professor Sanford Braver, Ph.D., which resulted in his book, “Divorced Dads--Shattering the Myths”, he found that less than 5% of those that owed child support are true deadbeat dads–the ones with the younger trophy wives and sports cars, who don’t want to pay anything. The truth of the matter, is that according to the Federal Gov’t. General Accounting Office, Report # GAO/HRD-92-39FS, pg. 19, over 66% of those owing child support can’t pay because they are unemployed, underemployed, disabled, dead, and in some cases the mothers don’t want support.Judges order such onerous child support amounts in some cases, along with alimony, daycare, medical expenses, and other expenses, that the father can’t survive. He ends up becoming despondent, leaves his job and drops out of sight. He loses all contact with his child(ren) as a result. This is the government’s ultimate goal. Breaking up of father-headed families (and then mother-headed ones when there are no more fathers, wherein, the government will come for the children without any resistance). Government doesn’t do anything for altruism. They always have a motive behind what they do and the laws they make. It’s all about money, power and control.Judges in NJ & NY refuse to reduce child support and alimony when a man loses his job because of the current economic climate. They tell the guy that it’s too soon to reduce support because “you might get another job” in a short time. Most often the guy never gets the same-salaried position and winds up making substantially less. All the while, he falls farther and farther behind, with no hope of ever making up the arrearages.But, do the courts reduce support? No. They keep it there until the arrears are so high, that the guy’s credit is ruined, and they start putting warrants out for his arrest, even though he did everything he was supposed to do by law.Judges then use detainers to hold the men in jail, somewhat like bail. But, it isn’t bail, because child support is a CIVIL debt. Detainers to keep the men in jail until they pay? STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES! It's not about the children! Keeping a man in jail to pay support is an oxymoron. And, most of the NJ Family Court judges are morons! How does one pay child support if in jail? Does he work in the jail making $10, $15, $20/hr. and have his wages garnished? Does this person invoke the INSOLVENT DEBTORS STATUTES when he gets out of jail, since he has no assets or income, and the jailing served as the remedy for the debt owed? Under the INSOLVENT DEBTORS STATUTES, the debt has been paid once the person has been jailed for it and released. But, the state will try and keep the arrears on the books.The reason for this: Because judges are granting high orders and enforcing them stringently because the Federal government pays the states a federal reimbursement incentive funding (42 USC Section 658a) for amounts awarded, collected and enforced. This money goes into the state coffers, no strings attached (42 USC Section 658f). The first things paid out of state treasuries are judicial salaries and pensions and state employee salaries and pensions.This is a major unconstitutional conflict-of-interest that has been outlawed by the US Supreme Court in Tumey v. Ohio, Ward v. Monroeville, Gibson v. Berryhill and other cases. The Supreme Court held that judges and officials (i.e., child support probation officials) who sit in judgment of cases that they have a financial interest in, are too tempted to abuse their contempt powers to jail unsuspecting litigants-taxpayers to extort/extract more and more monies out of them to increase the amount of funding, and ultimately increase their salaries and pensions.Yet, family court judges continue to thumb their noses at the US Supreme Court mandates. This is not only contempt of the Supreme Court, but felony official misconduct by judges, who are public officials that swore an oath to uphold, support and defend the U.S. Constitution and their respective state constitution. By refusing to disqualify themselves from these cases, where they have a financial interest in the outcome of them, the Supreme Court has held that their orders are essentially null and void and have no effect or force.Some will say that if we don’t have judges or hearing officers to enforce orders, how then will they be enforced? As a taxpayer and voter, that is not our problem. The government made the situation. They must fix it. They can fix it by empanelling a group of people that have no financial interest (for example, economists, vocational experts, marriage experts, accountants, psychologists, even lawyers and retired judges). But, they cannot use arbitrary and capricious contempt powers.Anyone arrested on one of these orders is being arrested for not only a fraudulent order, but on a CIVIL matter. The U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd highest courts in the land) as well as the US Supreme Ct. hold that one can’t be arrested on a CIVIL matter because there is no 4th Amendment probable cause that a crime has been committed to issue an arrest warrant. See, Stevens v. Rose (9th Cir. 2002), Allen v. City of Portland (9th Cir. 1995), Wooley v. City of Baton Rouge (5th Cir. 2000), Peterson v. City of Plymouth (8th Cir. 1995), Moore v. Marketplace Rest.(7th Cir. 1985), Paff v. Kaltenbach (3rd Cir. 2000). Also, included is the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals case of U.S. v. Parker, 108 F.3d 28, 30-31 (3rd Cir. 1997)(child support a civil, commercial debt). In U.S. v. Lewko, 269 F.3d 64, 68-69 (1st Cir. 2001), the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that child support is nothing more than a common civil, commercial debt, and that it is NOT any “special kind of debt”. Again, another fraud perpetrated by government officials. Every other Circuit, including the Third, has followed suit and hold that child support is a common commercial, civil debt.The child support industry is a total fraud. It is a $5-$10 BILLION per year INDUSTRY that, if eliminated, the monies saved and sent to the children that supposedly need it, would wipe out all child support arrears in the US at one time. All that would be needed to do is send the BILLIONS in the form of a Social Security check or wire transfer, since child support enforcement laws are part of the entire Social Security Act.Lastly, fathers will find an unusual way to pay their child support. They will sue the sheriff's officers and sheriff's departments, probation dept's. (because probation workers sought warrants when they are neither attorneys, nor were those arrested ever on probation). They will sue for Civil Rights Damages and for FALSE ARREST, ASSAULT, AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT (The New Jersey Constitution, Article I, Section 13, prohibits Imprisonment for Debt in ANY action).Dear Anonymous, very impressive research done on the subject, the subject that I wrote about, was for Maricopa County alone. The article and information was one that came out in a interview held with the sheriff of that county. I for one had to pay not child support, but spousual support, to the tune of 350.00 a month, for YEARS, because my ex-wife never held a job, and I had to support her to the style she was accustomed to living, which of course, lessoned my style of living. The funny part of it was....well.....not funny, that I, yes, I said I, had custody of my child! I feel like I had to pay for the custody! She was given the task of paying me $10.00 a month, until he was of age 18, and she could pay it out of her spousal support. 10.00 A MONTH!! This is the good ole California judicial system....Wonderful research that you have done here, and as usual, I have again learned something of value on SearchWarp. I wish I knew who this was so that I can thank you properly. At any rate, well written, well said. It sounds like a money game again. What about the people you really know, who really does have a dad that doesn't contribute, and lets not stop there, also moms that don't contribute? I can understand that this puts a hardship on the responsible party, however, I guess my bottom question and what I am trying to figure out here, is what is fair? How do you put a price on a childs welfare? Obviously, this should be based on debt to income ratio's, which should be flexible enough to be reduced in the event of job loss. I know, I was there, I was laid off from Westinghouse Elect. Corp. then later hired by IBM. But during that time of trying to find a job, I had to report to the court appointed trustee, what I was doing to find a job, they could even demand that you continue school to further your education for a better job. It goes on and on.....I'm not sure what the answer is, although you gave a "Fix" for this at the end of your comment, but every state has its laws on marriage and divorce. Thanks for you input, and great response....great job. Your friend in pen.this moron is probably a dead beat dad or never had to work 3 jobs at once to raise a child ontheir own way to go big guy . I am thinking he is saying not to have child support enforcement so the welfare system can get over used because no law system will help the child or the over worked parent?I agree with you.
THAT WAY AWESOME GARY...I AGREE TOTALLY ON WHAT UR OPINION IS..LOVED IT.. JADE :)Well thank you Jade. I was asked to do a little research on it from a friend of mine at work. Apparently she is dealing with a deadbeat dad. Since the article, she had him read it, and apparently it has an impact on his way of thinking, He did give her some money, to help with the child....I suppose when you are stareing it right in the eye, and reading about it, perhaps then, he saw it...thank God. Thank you for commenting on this, and reading it....your friend in pen.......Gary.
What about those people listed as a deadbeat without being one? Should Arpaio and his band willy wankers be allowed to publically humiliate the innocent? Is there an organization out there that will police the police? Come on people, wake up! As they say there is 2 sides to a story, however only Jolly Joe is allowed to speak no matter how wrong he is. Maybe a class action suit that the tax payers have to pay will shake the truth out of this unchecked and out of control department!Dear Wrongly From Accused, perhaps you are right, there are always two sides to a story, Joe doesn't make the laws, he claims he enforces them. If you have been wrongly accused, or anyone that you know, the system should allow you to appeal, typically, this is a very touchy subject. I myself have had to pay my ex quite a bit of money, not for child support, but for spousal support. I had to give her 500 a month just because she never worked....is that justice? I think not, but I still had to pay. I had custody of my son, and she only had to pay 10.00 a month in California, is that just? I think not, but the law says that is all she had to pay, if it were the other way around, I would have had to pay 500 for her, and another 350 for my son, right? So I get what you are saying. This happens all to often, doesn't mean I agree with it, and believe me, I contested it, but it is what it is. There is not a thing I could do about it without having to pay a blood sucking attorney tons of money to find the loop holes....I hear what you are saying....and nothing gives anyone the right to humiliate anyone for anything, and I assume you are talking about tent city, and wearing pink. I'm sure that is why Washington is questioning his methods right now. But it seems, from the interviews that I have seen on local TV, that the people of Arizona are behind Joe. They say we need MORE people like him in authority. Do we? Only the people who vote decide this..and he is still there. Thanks for commenting and reading the article, and I hear ya.....Gary
how can i register my sons dead beat dad so he can get a warrant or pay up? I am owed over $50,000 and the DES has done nothing? Please help me I am real tired of this.You can try 1-888-95-CHILD, or contact your local District Attorney about your deadbeat dad problem. You can also type in your search engine "prosecute deadbeat dads" and do you search and see what comes up. Typically though, you shoud contact the District Attorneys office for assistance, they specialize in deadbeat dad. Their is even Deadbeat dad law that you should research on the web, the 1888 number i gave you specializes in helping you collect from your deadbeat dads and they do it on a contengency, if they don't get the money for you, you owe nothing. Hope this helps in getting you started in your endevor.....your friend in pen, Gary.I also have been fighting for 13 years and not a thing done the county isnt helping me at all I make calls and go directly into the offices and they act as if they have no idea what your talking about. The state nor the county do anything to help so I say way to go joe hes only doing his job buy putting the dead beats in pink undies and working on chain gangsTry this on a civil level, in otherwords, hire a attorney that will go after this guy on a contingency. I know they (the attorneys) are out there. Again, research this on the internet, look for various keywords such as attorneys against deadbeat dads, or attorneys to prosecute deadbeat dads on contengency. etc...
I also would like to know how to get a warrant. My ex owes over $165,000 in back child support. I put my faith in the system, that the system would make my kids deadbeat dad pay his child support for his 4 kids, but nothing has been done.
You can try 1-888-95-CHILD, or contact your local District Attorney about your deadbeat dad problem. You can also type in your search engine "prosecute deadbeat dads" and do you search and see what comes up. Typically though, you shoud contact the District Attorneys office for assistance, they specialize in deadbeat dad. Their is even Deadbeat dad law that you should research on the web, the 1888 number i gave you specializes in helping you collect from your deadbeat dads and they do it on a contengency, if they don't get the money for you, you owe nothing. Hope this helps in getting you started in your endevor.....your friend in pen, Gary.thanks gary for all your info I will certainly use it now that my child is turning 18 i am afraid they will no longer help and it will be a private cival suite so i have to resue her dad for the support as he has statedMy pleasure Anonymous, thanks for reading and your input..your friend in pen, Gary
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