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Re:When Divorce Was Off the Table, English Couples Dissolved... by ransom1538 on Sunday February 17, 2019 @06:46AM (#19183977)
"and possibly see prison time".

You will see jail time. US family debtors [child support, wife support, etc] are a large portion of the US jail system. Sentences are particularly cruel since it is often not your fault: loss of employment, serious housing crises, etc. Ironically, once you enter into the jail system for non payment (non-employement) - you will probably lose any FUTURE job opportunities.

Here is a guy explaining why he can't 'work' - applied for 50 jobs - off to jail says the judge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvOIdhJg1As

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Re:When Divorce Was Off the Table, English Couples Dissolved... by BucketSort on Sunday February 17, 2019 @09:51AM (#19184703)
Quite the dystopian society we've created for ourselves. Every day I feel like my soul is burning in the fires of hell.
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Re:When Divorce Was Off the Table, English Couples Dissolved... by quickthrower2 on Sunday February 17, 2019 @01:13PM (#19185848)
And from the various Netflix docos I've watched, it seems that jail can be worse than prison. New inmates coming in and out all the time, sleeping on the communal floor due to overcrowding etc.
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Re:When Divorce Was Off the Table, English Couples Dissolved... by gizmo686 on Sunday February 17, 2019 @01:47PM (#19186055)
Don't the courts ammend child support when your income changes? I didn't watch the full video, but from what I saw, the man claimed to have filed an updated financial disclosure, which the judge was unable to find.
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