Dead Parents “Father pleads guilty to owing $1.2 million in child support. Instead of simply paying the money he owed or making payment arrangements, he fled the country” (Man Pleads, par. 1). Some fathers will do anything to no longer pay child support. Deadbeat parents, most often fathers, should be forced to pay support to care for the children they created by paying child support and being their life. When a father is willing to flee the country just to get out of paying child support, Robert Sand, 50, admitted to moving from New York to Florida, then fleeing the country after warrants were issued shutdown in 2000 and 2002, according to Loretta. E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York” (Man Pleads, para. 3). Some parents want to take responsibility in life. "Today, the defendant admitted to abandoning his responsibilities to the children he helped bring into the world and leaving the country to do so, Lynch said" (Man Pleads, para. 9). Sand faces up to 4 years in prison for child support In these situations, the child always loses his father. Another example of this problem is Robert Sands. that of fathers who do not have a job and are not looking for one “Go to family court and you will see destitute fathers, without jobs and without lawyers, taken away in handcuffs because they could not pay child support. child support they owed" (Supreme Court, para. 3) "Because the mother of his child has been receiving welfare for a period of time, she first had to sign her right to child support to the State, which automatically went to court each time Turner was late in paying” (Supreme Court, para. 6).... .. middle of paper ......their children during the first year after separation and in the years to come. The best solution according to Karen Stewart Opinion: take a stand and say enough is enough. “I'm not here just to pay money, I love my children as much as their mother and I recognize that I am important to their mother as well” (Jayson, par. 12). The problem should not just live on the back of the father, the single mother must have the willingness to coexist and co-parent with the fathers. Mothers should not simply expect the father to give child support and be done with the situation. When a father believes and realizes that this is the case. her responsibilities not only pay child support, but also be a part of her child's life. We could end all debt and waste taxpayer money on housing these deadbeat parents in jail if fathers were more willing to do so. in the life of their child, the deadbeat