Delinquent biological father behind bars for not paying child support
In the courts, Rutelio Villanueva, an officer employed by Harpy’s Security Company, is tonight behind bars after disobeying an order handed down by the Belize Family Court. The father of two who has been delinquent in making payments toward a twenty-seven thousand dollar debt owed for child support was remanded to the Hattieville Prison where he will serve a three month sentence. Villanueva’s debt accrued over a ten year period and despite salary deductions he hasn’t been able to fulfill his obligation. A committal warrant was issued earlier today and he was arrested at his job site on Antelope Street and transported to the Central Prison. According to reports Villanueva evaded authorities on several occasions by fleeing to his hometown of Punta Gorda Town.
what is the amount of child support required per child?
$25/week, $100/month, for 2 kids , that makes it $2400/year, $27,000 is more than 10 years.
he must have had more than 2 kids, or the amount has been raised.
well he should have paid.
jail seems like a dead end though–no solution at all there!
AND NOW……………….We have to feed him AND his kids.
He could go to THE PRISON FARM TOO.
He would earn his keep and provide for society.
none of this would happen if he would know his responsibilities!!!! Many male individuals go and makes children out there and after a while they let the mother herself find a way to maintain the kid/s. that is so unfair. yes jail time is not the solution.
Jail them yes mek dem know how hardship feel….damn wah mek picni and no mind them…..Bzean woman too mein stop mek picni fi man mek picni fi uself when u know u can mind them by uself….be independent damn!!!!!!!!!!
Until we start raising our boys to understand that they are fathers & “nobody have baby fih dey” we will continue to wring our hands. This is a no win situation.
No solution with jail time – will not help the father or the children. There should be another way to arrange payments on the children that are feasable for the father. Also this is a real touchy topic but one that is being brought up ore and more on the web. If a man gets a woman pregnant and he does not want it whether they are a couple, a one night stand, etc. why does the man never get any say in the situation only the woman?
He wasn’t paying anyway so how is jail time hurting him? The kids are already going without a father with him not in prison. Don’t feel sorry for a bum that’s avoiding his responsibilities.
And i totally agree with sending them to work camp let them do something productive instead of sitting around waiting for a ham sandwich
I am a mother with kids also, but we as women must learn that it takes two to make a child. we should be responsible and learn that having a child for a man will not make him stay with us forever. Taking the man to court for a child will also not let him stay, it will just make him move further away from you the woman. In this event now, what will she do since he is in jail, and obviously has lost his job. Our system, is disgusting to the point where even if the father is paying dispite hard times, the woman takes him back because she feels that he has to pay more money to her cause. Most of the times, the fathers are paying their maintenance fee and the child does not even benefit from that. Its the new father who benefits from it. he gets his stout, spending money, his chiney food, etc. what ever he needs just to have him stay with this family while the child suffers. this is a well known fact in Belize, it has happened and will continue to happen as long as we have this stinking system in Belize. Get up women of Belize and learn to be independent . in most cases the child becomes your child or children. its no longer our children. Sending him to jail is not a solution.