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A JUDGE has issued a jail threat to a farmer after stating that he prioritised spending €5,000 on feed for his animals ahead of providing for his two children. At the Family Law Court, Judge John King said that the farmer spending the €5,000 he received in forestry grant payments this year on animal feed and not on his child maintenance arrears “is a clear contempt of court”. Solicitor, Pamela Clancy for the man’s ex-wife and mother of their two children told Judge King that the last time they were in court in March, the man owed at the time €1,257 “and there have been only sporadic payments since”. Ms Clancy told Judge King that the court ordered weekly maintenance is €75. Judge King told the farmer, “I think you are playing games. I think if I sent you to jail for contempt until such time as when you discharge the arrears, the games would end.” The farmer denied that …
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