The Court found Mr. Roper to be in contempt of the child support order on December 20, 2007. In order to avoid jail time and to purge his contempt during the four month purge period, the court ordered Mr. Roper to pay his current monthly child support of $285.92 plus 2% processing fee and an additional $57.18 per month plus 2% processing fee toward his back child support. At the April 25, 2008 hearing, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Nik Buckmeier reported that Mr. Roper had made no payments toward his child support obligation, and he had a total arrearage of $3,196.30 as of 04/14/08. Defendant Roper testified that he was not able to find a job, and his current girlfriend pays all of his expenses. Judge Kovack found that Mr. Roper had not purged his contempt and ordered him to serve 4 consecutive days in the county jail immediately.
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