Guess He Thought Child Support Was Optional: Jasmine Guy’s Ex-Husband Owes Her $40K In Back Pay

September 17th, 2012 - By Brande Victorian

 

Source: WENN

It’s starting to feel like the week isn’t complete without a non-child-support-paying ex-husband/baby daddy story, which is so unfortunate. The latest celebrity to demand that the father of her child pay up is ”A Different World” star Jasmine Guy who says her ex-husband hasn’t paid child support for the last two years and now owes her nearly $40,000.

As TMZ tells it:

Guy filed legal docs in L.A. County Superior Court recently, claiming Terrence Mitchell Duckett – who she divorced in 2008 — was ordered by a judge to pay $1,469/month in child support for the couple’s daughter.

In the docs, Guy says Duckett hasn’t paid a dime since May 2010 and now owes her a whopping $39,663 in back support.

Guy filed the docs because she wants a judge to hold her ex in contempt of court so that she can collect on the debt by garnishing his wages, going after his assets, or even having him thrown in jail.

A hearing on the matter was scheduled for last month, but was cancelled because Jasmine was unable to serve her ex with the papers.

Sources close to Jasmine tell TMZ the actress is still attempting to serve the papers, so the hearing can be rescheduled.

Her lawyer, Lisa West, tells TMZ, “Both parents have the financial responsibility of rearing a child. Jasmine has always met and will continue to meet her financial responsibility. She, however unfortunately, finds herself in the same position as are many single mothers in this country — she must enforce her child’s right to benefit from the financial assets of both parents.”

Jasmine and Terrence’s daughter Imani was born in 1999, one year after the couple married in August of ’98. Ten years later, the pair filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, and it appears Terrence upheld his end of the child support bargain for the first two years after the split. For some reason, he got amnesia in 2010 and thought his mandated payment schedule was optional. He better get it together if he wants to stay out of jail and, you know, be a good father.

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  • jalynn

    Obvoiusly he isnt spending time with his child, its not hard to serve an active parent with a subpoena. Its as easy as serving at her house(during a drop off or pick up) or at the school.

  • jalynn

    The thing that is crazy is that it isnt alot of money(support amount) when you consider the cost of living in Los angeles today.

  • Veratta Pegram-Floyd

    I understand that he is ultimately the one to blame for not paying his child support but what I don’t understand is why did she wait two years until she brought it to the court’s attention? Two months I understand but two years? Also, why is it that when people get divorced, they forget about their children? That needs to stop and people need to stop taking their divorce out on their children.

    • Gimmeabreak78

      I think she probably like a lot of single mothers wanted her child’s father to do right by his child simply because it’s the right thing to do, not because he was dragged to court to do it. I know a lot of women for whom taking the father of their child to court (or jail) is a last resort.

  • Monday Blues

    This doesn’t just happen to regular folks, celebrities too. MN – STOP WITH THE POP UPS!

    • MLS2698

      I really like Betty White, but she is working my nerves. Do they want us to read the blogs, or look at mini commercials? I know we can download a blocker, but why should I?

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1234751726 Wanda Pinckney Spencer

        you said it best

  • Dawn

    Boy, I tell you………………these people can stop paying child support for numerous of reasons, either the mother has resentment toward the father refusing to let the man see his children, dont get along or the person just stop cold turkey. Which does not make sense. If you owe the child support they should pay it. If man has an issue with where the money is going, I think the child support system need to come up with something that these people can itemized the expenses that the child support is being paid for. I know they get jail time, they could lose their license. I do understand you do have women who does not use the child support money for the children. Next person who owes back child support.

    • v.

      Itemize the expenses? You’ve got to be kidding! I have three kids and they all kave different needs but their main necessities are clothes, shoes, a roof, electricity, water and food so the money goes to help pay for these things.

      • BW1615

        I think Dawn meant in cases of obvious gouging.

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