Family
Aug. 4, 2001
Our Child-Support Policies Exile Noncustodial Parents
Recently, the public got a rare glimpse at the Draconian measures that our government is taking in a desperate effort to make child support work. The occasion was the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision to imprison David Oakley if he fathered another child. Because he could not support his children, they reasoned, having another child amounted to child abuse. Wisconsin v. Oakley , 629 N.W.2d 200 (Wis. 2000).
Recently, the public got a rare glimpse at the Draconian measures that our government is taking in a desperate effort to make child support work. The occasion was the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision to imprison David Oakley if he fathered another child. Because he could not support his children, t...
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