"MCP"  wrote in message
news:fCSYd.54532$y25.19424{at}fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=17728&cat=HOME
>
> Last Update: 03/11/2005 10:42:44 AM
> By: Todd Dukart
> Video
>
> There was no baby, a judge said. And now an investigation into why the
> "father" of the child had to pay $20,000 in support is
nearly finished.
>
> Steve Barreras was ordered to pay child support to his ex-wife, Viola
> Trevino, for a daughter she said she had.
>
> But when Trevino was ordered to produce the 5-year-old girl, she
apparently
> took another woman's 2-year-old girl into the courtroom several hours
after
> the deadline. That's when the judge ruled the child never existed.

But why wasn't she immediately arrested and charged with a number of crimes?
Why wasn't the female who conspired with her charged and her child taken
away from her?




>
> In December, Gov. Bill Richardson ordered an investigation into why
Barreras
> had to pay for so long.
>
> Richardson announced Thursday that the investigation is nearly over. That
> was welcome news to Richar' Farr, an advocate for non-custodial parents
who
> runs the Internet radio station KrightsRadio.com.
>
> "In fact, they're taking one whole aspect - the non-custodial parent - and
> many times running them into financial ruin and not allowing them to be
with
> their kids as well," Farr said.
>
> Richardson said he was outraged when he heard of Barreras' case.
>
> "It's pretty outrageous what happens," Richardson said.
"We should have
> definite proof of the existence of the child at the very least."
>
> State courts hearing child support cases will require a photo of the child
> starting in about a month. That rule is being put in place as a direct
> result of the Trevino case.
>
> Farr has organized a rally for the rights of non-custodial parents. It's
> scheduled for Friday at noon outside Albuquerque's district courthouse.
>
>
> --
> Men are everywhere that matters!
>
>
>




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