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Alaska: Palin Daughter Seeks Child Support

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: January 22, 2010
Sarah Palin’s oldest daughter, Bristol, is seeking child support from Levi Johnston, the father of her 1-year-old son. A court document says she is providing nearly all of the care for the baby, Tripp, and is seeking $1,750 a month. She says Mr. Johnston has paid only $4,400 in more than a year. His lawyer, Rex Butler, says that his client wanted to give money for the baby’s care on several occasions, requesting that Ms. Palin bring Tripp with her, but that she was a no-show.

National Briefing - Northwest - Alaska - Palin Daughter Seeks Child Support - NYTimes.com


I guess nude modeling and advertising nuts just doesn't pay what it should.

I propose legislation authorizing fathers of teenage daughters to shoot Levi Johnston on sight, should he be found on their property, or within 500 feet of their girls.

 
National Briefing - Northwest - Alaska - Palin Daughter Seeks Child Support - NYTimes.com


I guess nude modeling and advertising nuts just doesn't pay what it should.

I propose legislation authorizing fathers of teenage daughters to shoot Levi Johnston on sight, should he be found on their property, or within 500 feet of their girls.

so...you are assuming that he has made no effort to help out....think it is possible that the Palin's are playing 'games' with him?
 
so...you are assuming that he has made no effort to help out....think it is possible that the Palin's are playing 'games' with him?

I'd leave open the possiblity that he's a dead beat dad.
 
I'd leave open the possiblity that he's a dead beat dad.
oh, its a possibility, but it could also be a custody play by the palin's....
 
so...you are assuming that he has made no effort to help out....think it is possible that the Palin's are playing 'games' with him?

Given the rampant dishonesty of Palin during her tenure as governor of Alaska; I would say that Bristol, who is not allowing Levi to see his son, is simply trying to extort money.

When Levi gets 50/50 custody.... then Palin has a chance of succeeding in court. Until she becomes honest, which is rather unlikely, she isn't entitled to ask for support.
 
Given the rampant dishonesty of Palin during her tenure as governor of Alaska; I would say that Bristol, who is not allowing Levi to see his son, is simply trying to extort money.

Extort money? Uhh I'm pretty sure that the Palin family is doing pretty well financially, whereas this piece of trailer trash probably doesn't have much.

Vader said:
When Levi gets 50/50 custody.... then Palin has a chance of succeeding in court. Until she becomes honest, which is rather unlikely, she isn't entitled to ask for support.

What makes you think he WANTS 50/50 custody? He hardly seems like a responsible adult. And at any rate, child support is used to SUPPORT the CHILD, and therefore he should pay it regardless of the status of any custody battle.
 
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Thank you for your fanciful report on the former Governor of my State. I will notify you in the unlikely event your observations should ever intersect with reality.
 
Extort money? Uhh I'm pretty sure that the Palin family is doing pretty well financially, whereas this piece of trailer trash probably doesn't have much.

Bristol has nothing. Her parents are wealthy... she is not.

What makes you think he WANTS 50/50 custody? He hardly seems like a responsible adult. And at any rate, child support is used to SUPPORT the CHILD, and therefore he should pay it regardless of the state of their custody battle.

The fact that his lawyer filed the paperwork to create a hearing over custody is quite telling of this fact.

Read:

Levi Johnston To File For Custody Of Son Tripp
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Bristol has nothing. Her parents are wealthy... she is not.

I doubt they're going to kick her out on the street and cut her off from any financial help.

Vader said:
The fact that his lawyer filed the paperwork to create a hearing over custody is quite telling of this fact.

Fair enough, but he still owes child support regardless of how their custody battle plays out. Child support is used to pay for the child; it's not a punishment.
 
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When Levi gets 50/50 custody.... then Palin has a chance of succeeding in court. Until she becomes honest, which is rather unlikely, she isn't entitled to ask for support.

That's not how child support works.
 
It was their fault that she got pregnant, it was his fault that he has behaved like an ass ever sense. Get it?

Do you know the whole story?


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/22/bristol-palin-defends-abs_n_433680.html

Bristol Palin joined her mom on Oprah Friday (see the first part w/Sarah's new hair shocking Oprah here) and she defended her choice of abstinence, as seen in the clip at the bottom.

Bristol was given a chance by Oprah to backtrack on saying she would never have sex again before she got married, and she didn't take it.

Oprah asked, "Don't you think you are setting yourself up?," and Bristol responded, "No, I don't."

Meanwhile, ex-boyfriend and baby daddy Levi Johnston gave an interview to "The Insider" and said he's writing a tell-book and isn't, despite Bristol's court filings, a deadbeat dad.

From a press release from "The Insider":


Levi reveals that he is working on a tell-all book about his experience with the Palin family, "I am in the process of doing it." What is he planning on revealing? "Everything. All."


He also responds to tabloid reports claiming that he is a deadbeat dad, "I think its crazy. For them to call me dead beat dad is absurd. I call [Bristol] all the time . I try to do everything I can to see my son. It's my kid. I want to be there for him and I am. I've stepped up and grown up a lot and taken on a lot of father responsibilities and have been there a lot more than others would be."

On the possibility of having to pay more child support, Levi says, "I have no problem paying more as long as the court says that's what I am going to pay and I get my son 50 percent of the time." Levi alleges that Sarah Palin has already taken extreme measures to keep him away, "She already tried to have me arrested. I don't remember when that was, a couple of months ago. My lawyer called me in and she had tried to get me arrested for violating a gag order."
 
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I doubt they're going to kick her out on the street and cut her off from any financial help.

No, probably not.

Fair enough, but he still owes child support regardless of how their custody battle plays out. Child support is used to pay for the child; it's not a punishment.

Actually, if he isn't allowed to be in his child's life, if he is denied contact; in most states, he isn't required to pay child support.

The Palin's are about to learn that the hard way. Also... Levi has grounds for filing suit against Sarah Palin for alienation of affection as well as custodial interference (the latter is also a criminal offense in some states).

The Palins will end up settling equitably because if the do not ... Sarah Palin's political career, what there is left of it at this point, will be further damaged.

Sarah Palin's interference in the issue will become a campaign issue that the liberals will exploit. In the end, the Republicans will dump Palin's ass to avoid further embarassment.
 
Tell, me seriously, do you think that Levi Johnston could write anything resembling a coherent book? I mean, really. . .

somebody would have to be dumb enough to believe in Obama to . . . hey, who did you vote for?
 
That's not how child support works.

Wrong.

Child support is paid to the custodial parent by the NON custodial parent. If the non-custodial parent is not allowed to be in the lives of his chilren; the mother technically has full custody and is not legally entitled to support.

That is the law of the land in most states.
 
Tell, me seriously, do you think that Levi Johnston could write anything resembling a coherent book? I mean, really. . .

?

Gee, if Sarah can write one........wait...... she didn't write it herself. Nevermind.
 
Tell, me seriously, do you think that Levi Johnston could write anything resembling a coherent book? I mean, really. . .

somebody would have to be dumb enough to believe in Obama to . . . hey, who did you vote for?

He's probably doing the same thing Sarah did --- ghostwriter ;)
 
Um. . . no.


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so the palin's are pure as the driven snow, and this is all obviously on levi's shoulders?? are you saying that the palin's would be above playing such games?
 
I doubt they're going to kick her out on the street and cut her off from any financial help.



Fair enough, but he still owes child support regardless of how their custody battle plays out. Child support is used to pay for the child; it's not a punishment.

Apperently you have never paid child support.......:roll:
 
so the palin's are pure as the driven snow, and this is all obviously on levi's shoulders?? are you saying that the palin's would be above playing such games?

It is simple logic...

The Palins have custody, as far as anyone knows no long drawn out custody battle happened. So using Occam's Razor, we can say he probably is helping. In fact she said he was. The problem is the mother feels he is not helping enough or paying enough.

Nothing wrong on either side of this issue morally. It comes down to she wants more and he does not want to give it. The courts are the place to settle this.

Why is this such a big deal????
 
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