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Negligent Mom Facing Non-Support Charges

(Michigan City, IN) - A Michigan City woman is facing potential jail time on allegations she failed to pay a dime in child support since being ordered to more than a decade ago.

 

Kaitlyn Pahl, 33, of Michigan City was arrested on May 1st for Non-Support of a Child, a Level 6 felony. The case was filed in La Porte Superior Court 1 following an investigation by the child support division of the La Porte County Prosecutor’s Office.

 

According to court documents, Pahl owes nearly $21,000 in child support. She was ordered to start paying $45 a week in child support on March 18th, 2013, but she allegedly failed to make any payments through February 6th of this year when a complaint was filed by the father of the child.

 

Pahl could face an up to 30-month sentence.

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