In the Interest of Kelley

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding father was “financially able to contribute some amount” of child support “but he voluntarily chose not to do so”
• inability at times to pay support ordered in view of willingness to let the public support daughter does not amount to good cause
• “A parent who unjustifiably refuses to meet a support obligation manifests complete indifference to his child.”
• “A parent who unjustifiably refuses to meet a support obligation manifests complete indifference to his child.”
• “[The father’s] antipathy for [the mother] and his willingness to let the public pay for [the child’s] support do not constitute good cause for his failure to pay any part of the ordered support.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).