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I-Robby Robby had been married going on eight years, 2hen his Marie demanded a divorce, whe had been planning, lawyering up, and instantly dragged it into the court. Poor Robby had not seen it coming, he thought things had been going quite well, he could barely deal with loosing his love, much less navigating Family Court hell. Worst still Marie had cleaned out their accounts, so he had to borrow from his parents, just to afford a junior lawyer, in truth, Robby was unable to bear it. Being separated from his two boys, being along with no partner if life… What could he have done to ever have earned the enmity of his once loving wife? The proceedings, they just kept dragging on, and Robby faced insurmountable bills, then one day Marie claimed that he’d hit her, that his temper was always set to kill?! Robby’s family gawked in disbelief, their boy never even been in a fight, they all tried to say the Marie had lied, but she played the judge’s sympathies right. Men don’t fare well in Family Courts, in the end Rob lost near sixty percent, add the that alimony, child support, and no custody of his two children. The young men felt his world crashing on down, but the worst of it was yet to come, Marie’s claims made their way up to his boss, and within weeks, Rob’s position was gone. When he told the judge he was out of work, and his payments would have to be changed, she said,”I’ll have to investigate this, many dead-beats go to lengths to not pay.” That dragged on for several long months, and Robby was already long broke, one morning a cop waited on his front door, and with a sneer, glared at Robby and spoke: “We have got a complaint that you have not paid up on this month’s child support. A warrant has been issued for your arrest, I really hate dealing with your sort!” He tried to explain his words with the judge, but the officer really didn’t care, dragged into court, Rob found the same judge, glowering down at him from her chair. “Your wife needs those payments to survive, nut you seem to think this is a joke, so you’re going to spend a week in jail, and learn an important lesson, I hope.” As to the judge’s biased nature, Robby no longer had any doubts, and none there knew that when he went away, never more would he ever come out… CONTINUES IN PART II.
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