Live man declared dead by court

[joko104]

You're still legally dead, judge tells Fostoria man - Tuesday, October 08, 2013 | Courier Electronic Edition - Findlay, Ohio: LOCAL NEWS

A strange ruling.

 

[DDD]

You're still legally dead, judge tells Fostoria man - Tuesday, October 08, 2013 | Courier Electronic Edition - Findlay, Ohio: LOCAL NEWS

A strange ruling.

When an abstract notion beats common sense.

 

[tech30528]

So he no longer has to cover any of his debts including the child support, or pay taxes, or sign up for Obamacare. But he can still vote. I don't see the problem.

 

[zgoldsmith23]

So, when he gets his driver's license renewed - does it say "Dead?" :lol:

So he no longer has to cover any of his debts including the child support, or pay taxes, or sign up for Obamacare. But he can still vote. I don't see the problem.

 

[humbolt]

Finally. Proof of life after death.

 

[KevinKohler]

We should have an opposite of Nobel prize awards.

 

[EdwinWillers]

He now has the proverbial "get out of jail free" card for life - double indemnity.

 

[davidtaylorjr]

You're still legally dead, judge tells Fostoria man - Tuesday, October 08, 2013 | Courier Electronic Edition - Findlay, Ohio: LOCAL NEWS

A strange ruling.

That's just stupid.

 

[polgara]

You're still legally dead, judge tells Fostoria man - Tuesday, October 08, 2013 | Courier Electronic Edition - Findlay, Ohio: LOCAL NEWS

A strange ruling.

Strange? It's so bizarre it's comically unreal! That being said, where does one go to be declared "alive after all?" :mrgreen:

Greetings, Joko104. :2wave:

 

[Superfly]

I feel for the ex wife. Why would she have to repay Social Security death benefits? The dirtbag dropped off the face of the earth. They thought he was dead. He walked away from his family without a word, for how many years? He walked away to keep from paying child support, and ended up one of those hobos in the Keys that panhandles for money for whiskey.

Let him stay dead. He's a blight to society.

 

[DiAnna]

I feel for the ex wife. Why would she have to repay Social Security death benefits? The dirtbag dropped off the face of the earth. They thought he was dead. He walked away from his family without a word, for how many years? He walked away to keep from paying child support, and ended up one of those hobos in the Keys that panhandles for money for whiskey.

Let him stay dead. He's a blight to society.

Exactly. He disappeared to avoid payment on his obligations, and now has returned expecting those obligations to have magically dissolved so he can now reclaim his SS # AND SS benefits... which means his ex-wife has to repay all the SS survivor benefits received to help her raise her children. The guy is a jerk. No sympathy from me.

 

[Henrin]

You know the law has failed when someone is declared legally dead and the court can't change it's ruling when the guy is sitting right there in the court room. :doh

 

[Superfly]

Exactly. He disappeared to avoid payment on his obligations, and now has returned expecting those obligations to have magically dissolved so he can now reclaim his SS # AND SS benefits... which means his ex-wife has to repay all the SS survivor benefits received to help her raise her children. The guy is a jerk. No sympathy from me.

I agree.

 

[Superfly]

You know the law has failed when someone is declared legally dead and the court can't change it's ruling when the guy is sitting right there in the court room. :doh

They ought to reinstate his identity, and then promptly throw him jail for nonpayment of child support.

 

[ChrisL]

So he no longer has to cover any of his debts including the child support, or pay taxes, or sign up for Obamacare. But he can still vote. I don't see the problem.

I was thinking the same. I guess that means any debts should be wiped clean. :lol:

 

[ChrisL]

I feel for the ex wife. Why would she have to repay Social Security death benefits? The dirtbag dropped off the face of the earth. They thought he was dead. He walked away from his family without a word, for how many years? He walked away to keep from paying child support, and ended up one of those hobos in the Keys that panhandles for money for whiskey.

Let him stay dead. He's a blight to society.

But if he's legally dead then he doesn't have to pay his debts.

 

[Superfly]

But if he's legally dead then he doesn't have to pay his debts.

By the time he was declared legally dead, in 1994, he was $26,000 in arrears on child support. So give him his name back, throw him in jail and leave him there until he pays off that $26,000 + interest. He was still legally alive while he was accruing debt.