Pay up or zip up.Courts in Wisconsin, Kentucky and Ohio have prohibited dads who are behind on their child support from having any more children. The Wisconsin Supreme Court The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin. upheld a ruling prohibiting David Oakley David K. Oakley (April 27, 1945 – July 2, 2006) was an American professional golfer whose greatest success came on the European Seniors Tour. Oakley was the older brother of American professional golfer Pete Oakley. from impregnating anyone while on probation for five years. He owes $25,000 in back support for nine children with four different mothers. In Kentucky, Luther Crawford signed a plea agreement promising "not to engage in any sexual intercourse sexual intercourse or coitus or copulation Act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract (see reproductive system). " in order to avoid prison. He owes $33,000 for his 12 children, with 11 different women. And in Ohio, Sean Talty has fathered seven children with five women and is $40,000 behind in child support payments. The Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether to uphold up·hold tr.v. up·held , up·hold·ing, up·holds 1. To hold aloft; raise: upheld the banner proudly. 2. To prevent from falling or sinking; support. 3. a judge's order that he make "reasonable efforts" to avoid any more pregnancies for the five years of his probation. Some legal experts believe that these rulings intrude on Verb 1. intrude on - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" encroach upon, obtrude upon, invade parents' constitutional rights. But Judge James Kimbler in Ohio, who ruled in the Talty case, argues that courts routinely order restrictions on the basic rights of probationers. |
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