Unable to pay child support, poor parents jailed

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It may not be a crime to be poor, but it can land you behind bars if you also are behind on your child-support payments.

Unable to pay child support, poor parents jailed
Thousands of so-called “deadbeat” parents are jailed each year in the U.S. after failing to pay court-ordered child support — the vast majority of them for withholding or hiding money out of spite or a feeling that they’ve been unfairly gouged by the courts.