Court Opinion

ID: 9581174
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:12:14.288241+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:45.332819
License: Public Domain

LOUIS J. CECI, J.
(dissenting). I dissent from the majority view in this case because a clear reading of the entire record indicates to me a defendant who clearly does not wish to exert himself in any respect for purposes of supporting his children.
The order of support entered by the circuit court was that this defendant pay $15 per month total support for three children. The order further required this defendant to pay $5 per month total on the arrearages accumulated up to that time.
The record further indicates that during this period of nearly zero effort by this defendant, he was able to trade off repair work for a membership in the golf country club, which was valued at $100. Had the defendant truly been making any effort to support his three children, he could have used the $100 for the purpose of paying all of the support the court had ordered for a period of five months and all of the amounts ordered to be paid on the arrearages for a period of five months. Instead, this defendant chose to trade off his labor and efforts so that he could go golfing.
A reading of the entire record indicates, to me at least, that this defendant was totally satisfied that the taxpayers were supporting his three children. My reading of the record indicates an individual who just did not care to comply with the court’s orders. I would affirm.