Milwaukee residents might have had a dim view of professional football players ever since Brett Favre went turncoat on the Packers and played for the Vikings. But here is some refreshing news about football players that might get them back into your good graces; former Cincinnati Bengal Terrell Owens has done the right thing and paid up his back child support.
As of August, Owens was two months behind on his child support payments and owed his daughter’s mother $10,000. He had claimed the NFL lockout was to blame for his missing payments, but a judge did not buy his story and ordered him to pay up anyway.
Owens had been late once before with his child support payments, which he was first ordered to pay in 2007. A judge took that into consideration when evaluating the request made by Owens’ daughter’s mother that Owens be jailed if he didn’t pay and eventually granted the request.
Even with that threat Owens still didn’t pay and was looking at time behind bars when he apparently had a change of heart Monday and paid the full $10,000.
The lawyer who represented Owens’ daughter’s mother said his client was pleased to have the matter resolved. Owens issued no formal comment.
In times like these, it is not too hard to get financially pinched. That being said, child support payments need to be made. After all, they are court-ordered and go for necessities like food, clothing and medical care, so children deserve to have them. If you are having trouble making your child support payments, don’t just stop on your own. It might be a good idea to have a consultation with a family law attorney to see if there is anything that can be done about the matter.
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “T.O. Catches up on child support payments, avoids jail,” Christian Boone, Sept. 26, 2011
