Dad Told to Either Marry the Moo or Pay the Birth Tab
Posted by kidlesskim
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Dad Told to Either Marry the Moo or Pay the Birth Tab January 20, 2009 |
"Mich. dad told to pay for child's birth or wed mom
Monday, January 19, 2009
FLINT, Mich. — The state of Michigan is giving a father a choice: pay the medical cost of his daughter's birth or marry the girl's mother.
Gary Johnson was billed $3,800 for the birth of his daughter JaeLyn, The Flint Journal reported in Sunday online editions. Johnson is not married to the child's mother, Rebecca Witt.
The Michigan Legislature amended the state's paternity act five years ago to waive birthing costs for a father, if he married the child's mother. A year later, Witt gave birth to JaeLyn. The state paid for the hospital costs because Witt was on Medicaid at the time and is now trying to recover the money. Jack Battles, the Genesee County Friend of the Court, said the law is an incentive to maintain the sanctity of marriage.
"It's totally up to them," said Battles, whose office enforces paternity rulings, child support and other aspects of family law. Until Johnson can produce a marriage license, "they have to pay."
Johnson and Witt said they want to marry eventually, but Witt said she wants her marriage date to be her choice."I don't think anybody should tell me when to get married," said Witt. "I would like to have a nice wedding, and I can wait for it." Witt and Johnson said they have been struggling since the state started coming after Johnson for the hospital costs. Johnson said he was told he would be billed $500 a month and planned to meet with a caseworker to work out a solution. "Losing just $10 hurts us," said Johnson, who makes $8 an hour at a Grand Blanc-area nursery. "We don't have a car, we don't even have an oven." Johnson said he understood the state wants to promote marriage for parents but he respects Witt's position. "It's a woman's dream to have the best wedding she can have," he said."
This is so fucked up that I don't know where to begin. FIRST of all, why should they get a free pass on a $3800 hospital bill JUST because they got married? I never got any "bill waivers" on hospital bills due to my marital status, so why should anyone else? Also, it's been FOUR YEARS since they accrued this bill, so is there not some time limit to this nonsense? ANY old whore could manage to snare a baybee daddy wannabe in FOUR YEARS, who isn't even the father of the kyd. Do they just erase every single moo baybee squat bill IF they should happen to later marry? That just REALLY pisses me off. So, four years later they don't have a car or even an oven, and "losing" $10 "hurts" them, so WHY did they have a damn baybee in the first place? I would stake a pretty high wager too that this is NOT the only child in the picture. I understand that medicaid is trying to collect what they have already paid out, but if these moocows get married, then where does this charged off account go, stray sock heaven? 
The last thing that grinds my gears is this waiting on this ".....woman's dream for the best wedding...", bullshit. I think it is LUDICROUS that anyone who has been shacking for years AND has a 4 year old (or even older by then) would even entertain the thought of a big wedding. The only "wedding" that they should be thinking about is a courthouse one. It's obvious to me that the welfare office has just recently caught up with this moocow and her worthless scumbag boyfriend. EVERYONE knows that this is how they play the game;They shack, don't report the man's income, get themselves and the kyd on medicaid, apply for and get welfare, foodstamps, and a nice monthly check to boot. So, they FINALLY run down one of these deadbeats and instead of locking them both up for fraud and/or garnishing his wages, they offer to wipe their debt clean IF they do what they should have done BEFORE the kyd was born and get married. See, if they do that though, she will have to come up off that welfare and we ALL know that ain't happening.
I HATE welfare whores and their men because they are completely worthless. FOUR years and the stupid bastard makes a sketchy $8 an hour, at best, and you can BET that the bitch is a SAHMooooooo, at the tax payers' expense.:sbx
Monday, January 19, 2009
FLINT, Mich. — The state of Michigan is giving a father a choice: pay the medical cost of his daughter's birth or marry the girl's mother.
Gary Johnson was billed $3,800 for the birth of his daughter JaeLyn, The Flint Journal reported in Sunday online editions. Johnson is not married to the child's mother, Rebecca Witt.
The Michigan Legislature amended the state's paternity act five years ago to waive birthing costs for a father, if he married the child's mother. A year later, Witt gave birth to JaeLyn. The state paid for the hospital costs because Witt was on Medicaid at the time and is now trying to recover the money. Jack Battles, the Genesee County Friend of the Court, said the law is an incentive to maintain the sanctity of marriage.
"It's totally up to them," said Battles, whose office enforces paternity rulings, child support and other aspects of family law. Until Johnson can produce a marriage license, "they have to pay."
Johnson and Witt said they want to marry eventually, but Witt said she wants her marriage date to be her choice."I don't think anybody should tell me when to get married," said Witt. "I would like to have a nice wedding, and I can wait for it." Witt and Johnson said they have been struggling since the state started coming after Johnson for the hospital costs. Johnson said he was told he would be billed $500 a month and planned to meet with a caseworker to work out a solution. "Losing just $10 hurts us," said Johnson, who makes $8 an hour at a Grand Blanc-area nursery. "We don't have a car, we don't even have an oven." Johnson said he understood the state wants to promote marriage for parents but he respects Witt's position. "It's a woman's dream to have the best wedding she can have," he said."
This is so fucked up that I don't know where to begin. FIRST of all, why should they get a free pass on a $3800 hospital bill JUST because they got married? I never got any "bill waivers" on hospital bills due to my marital status, so why should anyone else? Also, it's been FOUR YEARS since they accrued this bill, so is there not some time limit to this nonsense? ANY old whore could manage to snare a baybee daddy wannabe in FOUR YEARS, who isn't even the father of the kyd. Do they just erase every single moo baybee squat bill IF they should happen to later marry? That just REALLY pisses me off. So, four years later they don't have a car or even an oven, and "losing" $10 "hurts" them, so WHY did they have a damn baybee in the first place? I would stake a pretty high wager too that this is NOT the only child in the picture. I understand that medicaid is trying to collect what they have already paid out, but if these moocows get married, then where does this charged off account go, stray sock heaven? The last thing that grinds my gears is this waiting on this ".....woman's dream for the best wedding...", bullshit. I think it is LUDICROUS that anyone who has been shacking for years AND has a 4 year old (or even older by then) would even entertain the thought of a big wedding. The only "wedding" that they should be thinking about is a courthouse one. It's obvious to me that the welfare office has just recently caught up with this moocow and her worthless scumbag boyfriend. EVERYONE knows that this is how they play the game;They shack, don't report the man's income, get themselves and the kyd on medicaid, apply for and get welfare, foodstamps, and a nice monthly check to boot. So, they FINALLY run down one of these deadbeats and instead of locking them both up for fraud and/or garnishing his wages, they offer to wipe their debt clean IF they do what they should have done BEFORE the kyd was born and get married. See, if they do that though, she will have to come up off that welfare and we ALL know that ain't happening.
I HATE welfare whores and their men because they are completely worthless. FOUR years and the stupid bastard makes a sketchy $8 an hour, at best, and you can BET that the bitch is a SAHMooooooo, at the tax payers' expense.:sbx
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Re: Dad Told to Either Marry the Moo or Pay the Birth Tab January 20, 2009 |
But people, you must remember that she's doing The Most Important Job In The World. Also, just because she's a worthless welfare cow doesn't mean that she isn't entitled to Have A Dream Wedding! Gosh, you guys are harsh!
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Re: Dad Told to Either Marry the Moo or Pay the Birth Tab January 20, 2009 |
What's disgusting about this story is that Medicaid is picking up the tab all the time for lowlifes like this. 
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Re: Dad Told to Either Marry the Moo or Pay the Birth Tab January 20, 2009 |
I think that they should be responsible for the bill MARRIED or NOT married. Medicaid has determined that the baybee daddy has the means to make payments on the bill, so he should pay, REGARDLESS of their marital status or what a burden it is on their finances. It "burdens" the HELL out of my finances to have to pay bills, but no one is dangling a carrot in front of MY face or giving me any options to get a freebie. SOMEONE must have reported this welfare whore or the state welfare office would have had NO WAY of knowing about who the baybee daddy was, where he worked or even IF he worked. Surely to God they weren't stupid enough to voluntarily provide that info? MOST welfare lifers are more savy about the system than these two genius'. They got caught doing what these welfare whores do 24/7/365, which is lie about baybee daddy support or income and lie that they even know the identity of the baybee daddy. The last time I checked, when someone was guilty of fraud, which is of course what this CLEARLY is, they were arrested, not offered an option of how to make their fraud charge "go away". This is ABSURD.
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Re: Dad Told to Either Marry the Moo or Pay the Birth Tab January 20, 2009 |
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mercurior
the fact that marriage is now rewarded by no bills, thats what really gets me annoyed. the choice to wed should be yours not a 3rd party, oh you cant get any birthcontrol pills unless you are married, you cant have this as you arent married..
as soon as you are we can give you all this stuff.. thats my objection.
I agree with that too Merc, but the way this is playing out they COULD get married to a completely different man (AND new baybee daddy) 5, 6, 7 years down the road, ON THEIR OWN TERMS and of their own volition, and get their debt with the hospital wiped clean. It's none of the state's business who gets married, when, or why for that matter, unless of course there are legal reasons that they should not be married. However, I don't think that their marital status should be a factor in ANY way regarding whether they are held liable for paying THEIR BILL whether it's for gall bladder surgery, a heart transplant, or to shit a baybee. Basing someone's legal liability for debt based solely on their marital status is illegal in every other form from housing rent/mortgages, credit card bills, bank notes, and any OTHER hospital bill even. They should get a judgement against the stupid bastard's $8 an hour paycheck and start garnishment proceedings. If he quits his job then they should just continue to renew the judgement whenever they need to, and attach leins to his property and income tax refunds until the debt is PAID IN FULL.
I would be willing to bet that one or possibly both of them got a HUGE income tax refund check this past April with their low income and that "earned income tax credit" nonsense. Some of these whores around here work it so they get 5-8k back when they are only required to actually "earn" $3600 in a year to qualify, IF they have a shitloaf. I know of no other state in The United States who has this ridiculous "act" either, so I figure it was some breeder savy, religious fundie, state politician who pushed it on through and I would like to know who was responsible for it too.
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