Jail Time for Holyfield?
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution is reporting the attorney representing the mother of Evander Holyfield’s 10 year old son may ask for jail time in addition to back child support on the scheduled October 22nd court date.
Per the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Holyfield had until Sept. 1 to pay $4,500 in attorney’s fees that the mother ran up in getting him to pay back child support and to ensure that a college trust fund is in place and funded. Neither condition had been met as of Monday afternoon. Holyfield has also failed to pay the child’s private school tuition, forcing the mother to instead send her son to public school.
Holyfield also has eight other children for which he has to pay child support, and according to the AJC, he spends nearly $500,000 annualy in child support. He also has two children with his current (third) wife, Candi.
Holyfield’s lawyer, Joy Edwards, did not comment on the current case but hinted to a solution in the works.
In family law contempt cases, the court has the option of finding a party in willful contempt and putting them in jail. Court’s will often use this option when it is apparent the party has the means to pay what is owed, and is just not willing to do so. Often a court will jail a party and give them the opportunity to get out of jail by purging themselves of the contempt by paying what is owed.