My comments left on the CBC thread:
There
seems to be a great deal of misinformation on this thread. 90% of
physical custody goes to moms in Canada 84% in the USA. Deadbeat moms
proliferate but are never penalized for non-payment and they are
proportionately greater deadbeats than dads. Moms frequently withhold
access of children to dads out of spite despite legal access
agreements and are never punished. Between 10 and 30% of children dads
pay support for are not their own. Mom had an affair and lied to dad
about who the real father was.
This
short article gives no insight into the overall situation and many are
jumping to conclusions based on stereotypes. Most dads who cannot or
do not pay child support are unable to due to changes in income. If
you were a loving hard working parent and suddenly find you are going
to lose your children (75% of Cdn. divorces are initiated by the wife
and 90% get sole physical custody ) you would be abnormal if it did not
have a large negative impact.
I
hope this guy wins and brings some clarity to this massive government
intrusion into the lives of Canadians. The lawyer, Alexander Pless, is
a typical media savvy enforcer of draconian laws playing to sympathies,
not logic, by saying the child is in poverty. Both parents are obliged
under the divorce act and morally to support their children. He seems
to want to leave the impression only dads have that responsibility.
I'd like more facts on the background to the case before passing judgment.MJM
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Montrealer Francisco Caruso is contesting the loss of his passport over $80,000 in unpaid child support. (Tom Hanson/Canadian Press) A
Montreal man is asking the Quebec Superior Court to strike down a
federal law that can see parents who don’t pay child support lose their
passports and other licences.
Francisco Caruso is
arguing that his right to mobility — including the right to leave and
enter Canada — is protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The case began Tuesday at the Montreal courthouse.
Caruso
said that after his divorce in 2001, he became depressed and lost his
job at his father’s bakery. He has barely been able to make ends meet,
he said.
But thanks to money from friends and some
investors, he started a business importing exotic woods from Latin
America, he said. Over a two-year period, Caruso made nine business
trips.
But in 2003, he said, he was informed his
passport would be suspended because he was late paying child support to
his ex-wife and three children. The payments owing now amount to more
than $80,000.
Alexander Pless, the lawyer for the
federal government, argued that Caruso is the author of his own
misfortune. If he had the money to travel to Latin America, he could
also have arranged to provide financial support for his children, Pless
said.
The law being challenged protects children, many of whom are among the poorest members of Canadian society, Pless said.
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/01/06/passport-child-support.html
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