How Do You Measure a Father's Love?

Resume of a Deadbeat

Only God knows what is in someone's heart.

But as mere mortals we can evaluate how hard a man is willing to work to provide for the child he claims to love.  After all, in 2004, Riverside County social workers dutifully furnished Jack Ray's statement to the Court that he had always done what was in his son's "best interests," in addition to his unsubstantiated yet self-serving claim that he had done all he could to make amends with the victim of his hateful crimes.

Presented here are the records from Orange County Child Support Services, documenting Case #92P0865 in which Jack claimed his self-imposed perpetual unemployment limited his ability to provide necessities for his son.  Commencing in February, 1993, Jack was ordered to pay ONLY $152 per month.  As shown here he was paying NOTHING to provide for his son's living expenses (Food, Clothing, Shelter, Transportation, Recreation, etc.,...).

 

By February, 1997, able-bodied, responsible parent Jack's undying love for his son was in arrears $7,288.75.  In 2004, this little triviality did not stop Riverside County from reporting to Superior Court on Jack's behalf that he was always doing what was in his son's best interests.

By now Jack was willing to pay the bare minimum, but not a penny more toward the arrearage.  Wouldn't want the child to have 'too much' financial support.

This is Jack "Bare Minimum" Ray's resume as a responsible parent.  Nine years after assaulting his child's mother, violating a Court Order and abducting her child Riverside County role model Jack Ray was $10,918.20 in arrears.
Because he loved his child.  And because he did everything he could to make amends with victim of his violent crimes.
And apparently people like Donah Freeman, Ben Slagter and John Tavaglione think those luxuries (like food) must be free.

In spite of this incontrovertible record of Jack Ray's clearly demonstrated unwillingness to provide for the child he claimed to love, on April 8, 2004, Riverside County's Ben Slagter tendered a factually-challenged report to Superior Court claiming, "At this time, it appears that Mr. Ray has the motivation, the ability, and the willingness to care for (child's name redacted) in safe (sic), appropriate manner (Riverside County Case #RIJ107551, April 8, 2004, Page 24, Lines 11 and 12)."  

Oops.

I  misspoke earlier.

Apparently God AND Ben Slagter have the unquestionable ability to know the heart of an unemployed violent deadbeat parent like Jack Ray.

How else could one arrive at such a favorable conclusion in the face of 11 years of evidence to the contrary?

This report also includes the following inconsistent admission:  "Mr. Ray stated that he is not employed at this time (March, 2004) but he has the construction skills to find employment with ease.  Mr. Ray stated that his last record of employment is at a casino as a security guard in Las Vegas  (#RIJ107551, Page 24, lines 4 and 5)."

I wonder why Jack 'forgot' to report that casino security guard job to Orange County Child Support Services so that his son could enjoy the benefits of Jack's industriousness.  Isn't 'Fraud' the word intelligent people use to describe that? 

Quick record check here.

Since Jack identified himself as having "construction skills" let's review what the construction job market looked like when Jack was boasting of his new-found desire to work:

Single-family new house construction building permits:

• 2000: 13323 buildings, average cost: $185,000
• 2001: 16778 buildings, average cost: $179,800
• 2002: 20912 buildings, average cost: $174,000
• 2003: 25424 buildings, average cost: $177,300
• 2004: 29182 buildings, average cost: $186,500
• 2005: 30350 buildings, average cost: $197,700
• 2006: 20882 buildings, average cost: $210,200
• 2007: 9717 buildings, average cost: $224,400
• 2008: 3820 buildings, average cost: $317,100
• 2009: 3406 buildings, average cost: $259,800

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/county/Riverside_County-CA.html#ixzz2Jxuxp900

Wow.

Now I'm not a 'social worker,' but this information sure seems to indicate there were plenty of job opportunities for a person with 'construction skills,' what with a housing boom in Riverside County and all.

All those job opportunities, yet poor ambitious Jack couldn't find one in his chosen career field to help support the child he claimed to love.