Remember the recent story about Naperville dad Agim Demiri, covered by this blog, who was found in contempt of court for lobbing a couple of raw eggs at a DuPage County family court judge? Well, the Chicago Daily Herald has an update of his case.
Mr. Demiri reportedly spent seven days in county jail for the egg-hurling incident, even though the yolk-filled missiles failed to hit Judge Timothy J. McJoynt. The article reported that Judge McJoynt declined to press battery charges, but how would such a charge hold up in court if he wasn't actually battered?
Regardless, a shackeled and presumably eggless Mr. Demiri appeared before Judge McJoynt after serving a weeklong jail sentence.
Apparently without the counsel of an Illinois family lawyer, Mr. Demiri was given a quite reasonable court order:
"Regardless of everything else that happened, all I really want you to do is to get a job and pay your child support."
Of course, getting a job is much easier said than done in an environment of double-digit unemployment. It also seems like Mr. Demiri is caught in a Catch-22, since he will be released from jail only if he is able to raise the $400 bail. But at least Judge McJoynt is placing him on the jail's work release program so that he can look for work during the day.
Mr. Demiri is no stranger to Judge McJoynt's courtroom and once was ordered to serve a few days in jail for child support delinquency. At one point he owed $17,510. And speaking of a Catch-22, Mr. Demiri's delinquency cost him his driver's license, which he said has made it even more difficult to find a job.
His estranged wife and two teenage children live in Santa Clara County, California, where the divorce case is pending.
Related Resources:
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Paying Child Support - Checklist (FindLaw)
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High Unemployment Complicating Child Support for Divorced Parents (FindLaw KnowledgeBase)
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Contact a Divorce Attorney in Chicago (FindLaw)
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