UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey A. BALLEK, Defendant-Appellant

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• noting that the state-court decree only rendered our conclusion “especially true”
• rejecting the argument that an order to pay $56,916.71 in restitution made a crime serious
• discussing the importance of child support obligations in concluding that child support awards may be enforced through imprisonment
• “The government need not prove that defendant’s failure to accept gainful employment was caused by a desire to withhold payments from the spouse and children, or any similar evil motive.”
• “It is just as much a violation of the [1992 Act] for a non-custodial parent to fail to pay child support where his refusal to work is motivated by sloth, a change of life-styles or pursuit of new career objectives.”

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