Gary Matthews Jr. stole home yesterday. As evidenced by the photo to the right, he’s also adept at robbing people of home runs. He’s not going to be able to rip off the mother of the child he had back in 2004 anymore, however:
An Arizona woman is entitled to the level of child support she would receive if she had lived with the father, pro baseball player Gary Matthews Jr., an Arizona appeals court ruled. The trial court ordered Matthews to pay Jamie Hunt $1,561 for the child they had in 2004. Matthews’ salary is $10 million per year. He also had to pay for the child’s medical, day care and private school expenses.
Hunt sought a higher amount on appeal, and Judge Hall agreed.
Dude makes $10 million and he is forcing the mother of his child to mount an extended court battle to raise child support above $1,500 a month? Interesting choice on his part. A better choice, however, would have been for Matthews to step up and come to an agreement with the mother that would have corresponded with the law’s requirement that child support be based upon the combined income of the parents.
