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Judge Tells Man to Stop Having Kids
My husband's told me "No more kids," but a Wisconsin judge takes things to a whole new level
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My husband’s demands are clear: “No more kids.” After two kids in three years, he’s adamant that his days of procreation are O-V-E-R. But a judge in Wisconsin just took the mandate to stop having kids to a whole new level last week, when he told a dead-beat father of nine to wrap it up — literally.
44-year-old Corey Curtis had already fathered nine children with six different women — owing them a combined $90,000 in overdue child support ($50,000 is actual payments, and the remaining $40,000 in interest charges) — when he faced Judge Tim Boyle December 3 in a Racine, Wisconsin, courtroom. Judge Boyle sentenced Curtis to three years probation with an unusual stipulation; Curtis was prohibited from fathering any more children until he proved he was capable of supporting the kids he already has.
Think this penalty goes too far? If precedent is any indication, it may not have gone far enough.
In 2008, a Texas judge ordered a young mother convicted of failing to protect her toddler from child abuse incurred by its father not to get pregnant during her 10-year probation period. And just a few months ago, a Kentucky judge went even further, telling a man he’d just sentenced to up to five years on probation not to have sex at all until his term was up.
With so many methods of birth control available to Curtis and any potential partners he may have — whether it be hormonal birth control on the part of his sexual partners or his own decision to take advantage of male contraceptives like condoms or a voluntary vasectomy — the 44-year-old father of nine shouldn’t have to avoid intercourse completely for the next three years, like the man in Kentucky’s court-ordered punishment.
As for Judge Boyle, his only lament? That the law didn’t allow him to push the issue beyond telling Curtis to stop having kids. Boyle told a Wisconsin newspaper he wished the court had the power to force Curtis — and others like him — into mandatory sterilization.
Judge Tells Man to Stop Having Kids
My husband's told me "No more kids," but a Wisconsin judge takes things to a whole new level
- See more at: http://www.parentsociety.com/news-2/judge-tells-man-to-stop-having-kids/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=110812-IO1#sthash.MqAyS6v1.dpuf
My husband’s demands are clear: “No more kids.” After two kids in three years, he’s adamant that his days of procreation are O-V-E-R. But a judge in Wisconsin just took the mandate to stop having kids to a whole new level last week, when he told a dead-beat father of nine to wrap it up — literally.
44-year-old Corey Curtis had already fathered nine children with six different women — owing them a combined $90,000 in overdue child support ($50,000 is actual payments, and the remaining $40,000 in interest charges) — when he faced Judge Tim Boyle December 3 in a Racine, Wisconsin, courtroom. Judge Boyle sentenced Curtis to three years probation with an unusual stipulation; Curtis was prohibited from fathering any more children until he proved he was capable of supporting the kids he already has.
Think this penalty goes too far? If precedent is any indication, it may not have gone far enough.
In 2008, a Texas judge ordered a young mother convicted of failing to protect her toddler from child abuse incurred by its father not to get pregnant during her 10-year probation period. And just a few months ago, a Kentucky judge went even further, telling a man he’d just sentenced to up to five years on probation not to have sex at all until his term was up.
With so many methods of birth control available to Curtis and any potential partners he may have — whether it be hormonal birth control on the part of his sexual partners or his own decision to take advantage of male contraceptives like condoms or a voluntary vasectomy — the 44-year-old father of nine shouldn’t have to avoid intercourse completely for the next three years, like the man in Kentucky’s court-ordered punishment.
As for Judge Boyle, his only lament? That the law didn’t allow him to push the issue beyond telling Curtis to stop having kids. Boyle told a Wisconsin newspaper he wished the court had the power to force Curtis — and others like him — into mandatory sterilization.
