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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He could take her to court too. All he has to do is claim and establish paternity and sue for visitation. But then he might actually have to have his kids 50% of the time and he loses the "she keeps my baby from me" ploy and would possibly have to stop running his mouth in the press about what a terrible mother she is. They're both using it to their dubious advantage. [/quote]

He can't get visitation in SC, as they weren't married. He keeps mentioning that in SC, if the parents are unmarried, even if legal paternity is established, the mother still has control over custody and visitation arrangements. So in this case, Kathryn can, by state law, keep him from ever seeing the spawn. Unless he wants to work on getting that law changed, which might be good, considering he's played at politics before, maybe he should just get a solid prenup, make sure she can't access his money, and then marry her. They can then live in the separate places, or he can divorce her and get more custody. [/quote]

Yes, he's referenced this several times. He clearly wants the kids as much as possible - granted they will likely spend most of their time with the nanny, but they do that anyway when they are with Kathryn.

Several other blogs have referenced a text exchange between Kathryn and her dealer. Thomas is no doubt behind their exposure or at the very least knows about the existence of these texts. I'm sure he really doesn't want his kids around a drug dealer and their strung-out mother.[/quote]

Yeah, no. Thomas is making up crap in terms of what the law is in SC. Any parent has the right to seek an arrangement in Court. That said, child support isn't capped at any specific amount. Instead, it's set up based on the parent's assets/income. My guess is Thomas either has sheltered assets or is not nearly as wealthy as he is on paper to avoid paying child support. Skeezy, but happens.

It drives me crazy every time he talks about paying 2500 or whatever and talks about child custody laws in SC. Anyone with a modicum of sense and knowledge about the legal system would point out how much this doesn't make sense. Child support is to keep the child in similar living conditions at both homes. It's not a capped amount and yes, it's not alimony.

What I don't understand is why Katherine isn't seeking some sort of formal legal arrangement with Thomas and getting child support like a normal person. There's much, much more at play here that we aren't seeing.[/quote]

She doesn't want to move on with her life.  She wants to stay engaged in the battle.   She needs the attention, good bad or ugly.[/quote]

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