' America's Most Wanted Deadbeat Dad' Arrested After Fleeing To Thailand

[Boater]

'America's most wanted deadbeat dad' arrested after fleeing to Thailand to avoid $1.2m in child support payments

Caught: Robert Sand was arrested for failing to pay more than $1.2million in child support for his three children.

The man who earned the dubious honor of being the federal government's 'most wanted deadbeat dad' has finally been caught.

Robert Sand was arrested on Monday for failing to pay more than $1.2million in child support for his three children.

His troubles date back to 1996 when the first legal complaints were filed against him for not paying child support to either of his two ex wives, and he fled to Florida and later Thailand to avoid the payments.

Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz2FVFntkSy

--Daily Mail-- 2012-12-19

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[TommoPhysicist]

Poor chap, how can anybody justify such large awards, I don't blame him a bit for not paying.

Couldn't the mothers just get a job like everyone else has to?

[Credo]

The court usually takes into account the amount of money that you have/make. He is undoubtedly quite wealthy to have large child care payments. The amount may seem like a lot because it sounds like he is quite a few years behind in his payments.

[LadyHeather]

1996-2012 is 16 years of unpaid child support for three kids Poor chap my foot, I feel sorry for this lowlife's kids - what a father to have been stuck with, he runs out on them and his responsiblities. Some people really should just not be allowed to have kids

Edited December 19, 2012 by LadyHeather

[MrRealDeal]

The amount is absurd reguardless of his income. If you do the math you would find it's close to the median family income in the US.

He should defenitly have paid something but 25,000 per year for a child is absurd. 1.2\16\3=25,000

Edited December 19, 2012 by MrRealDeal

[farang000999]

If a man has taken care of his wife and let her stay home all those years and they get divorced for whatever reason, it is his legal responsibility to continue working to support her in her current life style and also his children who will likely be given custody to his wife. Failure to do so will result in a prison sentence.

[candid]

I had thought that Americans who defaulted on child maintenance had problems with passport renewals etc. I wonder about exactly which legal grounds he was arrested on over here? Passport irregularities maybe? Can't imagine an extradition treaty clause for deadbeat dads or there would be planeloads of worried men just now

[MrRealDeal]

I had thought that Americans who defaulted on child maintenance had problems with passport renewals etc. I wonder about exactly which legal grounds he was arrested on over here? Passport irregularities maybe? Can't imagine an extradition treaty clause for deadbeat dads or there would be planeloads of worried men just now

He wasnt arrested in Thailand read the article

[MrRealDeal]

If a man has taken care of his wife and let her stay home all those years and they get divorced for whatever reason, it is his legal responsibility to continue working to support her in her current life style and also his children who will likely be given custody to his wife. Failure to do so will result in a prison sentence.

Yeah once a freeloader always a freeloader

[transam]

Poor chap, how can anybody justify such large awards, I don't blame him a bit for not paying.

Couldn't the mothers just get a job like everyone else has to?

Did you see what Phil Collins paid out, not sure about kids but the figure.

[jbrain]

Poor chap, how can anybody justify such large awards, I don't blame him a bit for not paying.

Couldn't the mothers just get a job like everyone else has to?

Did you see what Phil Collins paid out, not sure about kids but the figure.

Phil Conners you say ?

[candid]

I had thought that Americans who defaulted on child maintenance had problems with passport renewals etc. I wonder about exactly which legal grounds he was arrested on over here? Passport irregularities maybe? Can't imagine an extradition treaty clause for deadbeat dads or there would be planeloads of worried men just now

He wasnt arrested in Thailand read the article

Maybe should have done but when I saw the daily mail mentioned, I just passed on

[arminbkk]

If a man has taken care of his wife and let her stay home all those years and they get divorced for whatever reason, it is his legal responsibility to continue working to support her in her current life style and also his children who will likely be given custody to his wife. Failure to do so will result in a prison sentence.

Matter of opinion I'd say.

Children yes, but the wife.........

It really makes marriage a commitment for life.

[TommoPhysicist]

1996-2012 is 16 years of unpaid child support for three kids Poor chap my foot, I feel sorry for this lowlife's kids - what a father to have been stuck with, he runs out on them and his responsiblities. Some people really should just not be allowed to have kids

I wonder how much money the ex-wife/s contributed to the children's upbringing?

IMHO joint custody should always be awarded, and the parents only pay for the time they have the children.

That would we too obvious I suppose, and the women wouldn't get the chance to freeload off their children and former husbands for the rest of their lives.

PS

The woman chooses to have the kids, not the man.

Her body, her choice, I believe the saying goes.

Edited December 19, 2012 by TommoPhysicist

[sbk]

Alright I can see this is going to require some stepping on of toes. I would use the term gentlemen but I don't really think it applies here. You WILL drop the rabidly misogynistic crap here immediately. I do hope I am making myself very very clear.

[simple1]

A life on the run from the article: While living in Thailand, he was arrested for possessing a false British passport. The final straw came when he tried to enter the Philippines with false identification, and the country extradited him to the U.S.

Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz2FVjYEZOF

Edited December 19, 2012 by simple1

[Potosi]

1996-2012 is 16 years of unpaid child support for three kids Poor chap my foot, I feel sorry for this lowlife's kids - what a father to have been stuck with, he runs out on them and his responsiblities. Some people really should just not be allowed to have kids

It was too much to pay some taxes to George III, so why use a different standard here? Isn't freedom all about getting rid of responsibilities?

[yoshiwara]

1996-2012 is 16 years of unpaid child support for three kids Poor chap my foot, I feel sorry for this lowlife's kids - what a father to have been stuck with, he runs out on them and his responsiblities. Some people really should just not be allowed to have kids

It was too much to pay some taxes to George III, so why use a different standard here? Isn't freedom all about getting rid of responsibilities?

No, freedom comes with responsibilities. Difficult to explain to a child but sometimes worth the effort.

[surangw]

if they start extraditing deadbeats, a lot of guys will be nervous

[sbk]

Do try to keep it on some semblance of the topic. Post deleted

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[hellodolly]

If a man has taken care of his wife and let her stay home all those years and they get divorced for whatever reason, it is his legal responsibility to continue working to support her in her current life style and also his children who will likely be given custody to his wife. Failure to do so will result in a prison sentence.

Matter of opinion I'd say.

Children yes, but the wife.........

It really makes marriage a commitment for life.

No it makes having kids a commitment for life. You have a problem with that?

[hellodolly]

A life on the run from the article: While living in Thailand, he was arrested for possessing a false British passport. The final straw came when he tried to enter the Philippines with false identification, and the country extradited him to the U.S.

Read more:

http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz2FVjYEZOF

The last paragraph was.

While living in Thailand, he was arrested for possessing a false British passport. The final straw came when he tried to enter the Philippines with false identification, and the country extradited him to the U.S.Sand was arrested when he landed in Los Angeles and will face trial in Long Island in the coming weeks.

Edited December 20, 2012 by metisdead
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[F430murci]

He should look at the bright side. His kids should be 18 and no more child support owed.

Scumbag if you ask me. The amount may be higher than just a multiple of actual amount owed due to penalties, interests, attorneys' fees or just because he was a dirt ball and the Court stuck it to him.

Deon Sanders just got slapped for $ 10,500 a month in child support.

Who runs from their kids though?

[Tchooptip]

Since 1996: 16 years=192 month, without speaking of interest

6250$ per month for his ex 2 wifes so 3125$ per month per wife, not so mad as it seems... maybe not such a wealthy man ?

[endure]

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[farang000999]

Alright I can see this is going to require some stepping on of toes. I would use the term gentlemen but I don't really think it applies here. You WILL drop the rabidly misogynistic crap here immediately. I do hope I am making myself very very clear.

But the system does seem to be very much to the advantage of women, no?

I mean, wife stays home with kids. They decide to get divorced. Now he must support both the wife and the child.

[endure]

A post denigrating both Thai men and western women has been removed. Any more posts like that will disappear without further notice. I'm sure there are forums out there where you can gripe about your marital misfortunes but Thaivisa isn't one of them.

[F430murci]

Alright I can see this is going to require some stepping on of toes. I would use the term gentlemen but I don't really think it applies here. You WILL drop the rabidly misogynistic crap here immediately. I do hope I am making myself very very clear.

But the system does seem to be very much to the advantage of women, no?

I mean, wife stays home with kids. They decide to get divorced. Now he must support both the wife and the child.

I don't know. Does it. It is very difficult to raise children as a single parent. We elect women to marry and chose to have kids. The women may leave us or have affairs, but we do same things. We leave them for younger women or do things that contribute to their actions and their decisions.

Shitty situation all the way around with no good or fair solution so we should step up to the plate, accept the consequences of our decisions and do whatever we can to take care of our children. They are the most important thing.

[nokbird]

I wish the courts took into account who left who. It does seem unfair when the guy is working away to make money and the lady has sex with another man and leaves the farther and he gets slapped with a ginormous payment. In Australia it is possible to owe more in child support than your gross income All I mean is that the system is hopelessly one sided and doesn't work int he kids best interest in many cases. With the Australian system, I can see why some men say , Duck It and just give up and live int he low income sector.

Disclaimer: I am not effected by it at all, but I have seen some cases recently that makes my head shake.

Edited December 19, 2012 by nokbird

[briboy]

Hope he orders a D.N.A profile on his kids, maybe, just maybe, may not owe as much as they claim, just a thaught, it has happened before, rouge seed in the paddock