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Judge tells unemployed father he will be jailed if he fails to obey maintenance order
Summary
In a Dublin District Family Law court, Judge Marie Keane warned an unemployed father that he would be jailed if he failed to comply with a maintenance order. The father owed €8,530 for the upkeep of his three children from a former partnership, a figure he contested, claiming only €3,300 was due. He had appealed every maintenance order since 2010 and had never complied. He stopped payments last year when he lost his job and claimed he was seeking work. Judge Keane questioned his lack of employment and his inconsistent payments, noting he could not afford the current order of €72 per week and offered €30. She rejected the offer, ordered him to Mountjoy Prison for 60 days for breaching the order, and warned that non‑compliance would result in imprisonment. She later accepted a revised weekly payment of €50, stating that failure to obey would still lead to the 60‑day sentence.
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What: Report matter: Judge tells unemployed father he will be jailed if he fails to obey maintenance order. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
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- 2017-05-16 Publication
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