Former Cowboy Disputes Child Support Debt
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 2:03 pm
FORMER COWBOY DISPUTES CHILD SUPPORT DEBT
Associated Press
DALLAS -- Former Dallas Cowboys cornerback Deion Sanders reportedly owes back child support and faces legal action for mismanaging a trust fund.
The ex-player and sports commentator disputes the claims in a petition of breach of trust and a motion for enforcement of a child support order filed July 8 in Collin County district court on behalf of his ex-wife, Carolyn Chambers Sanders of Flower Mound.
Attorney Deborah Pritchett, who filed the court papers, said she has been unable to summon Sanders to court or determine which of his attorneys represents him in family matters. The first hearings are scheduled for Monday.
Sanders' former wife alleges that the athlete, who lives in Prosper, has not paid the court-ordered monthly payment of $1,500 for their two young children since February. She also wants to withdraw her $1 million contribution to a $2 million trust fund for the children, which was established after the parents divorced in 1998, and dissolve the trust.
The ex-player is the fund's trustee but is not fulfilling his legal obligation to provide annual financial accounting to Chambers Sanders, Pritchett said.
"There is no truth to anything she's alleging," Sanders told The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday night, adding that he has copies of canceled checks for his child support payments through June. "I established the trust fund for my kids, and I'm the custodian of the trust fund. And I will protect my kids' money from their mother."
His ex-wife is also seeking to have the court-ordered child support increased. Her attorney said they would discuss at the hearing Monday whether more is needed to support the children, ages 14 and 10.
"If Mr. Sanders has paid and he can legitimately show the canceled checks, then that would expedite this matter," said Pritchett. "She just wants to take care of her children. They need to be supported by their father, who was ordered by the court to do so."
She said Chambers Sanders works for a Dallas real estate company.
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Wow what Media Bias
Associated Press
DALLAS -- Former Dallas Cowboys cornerback Deion Sanders reportedly owes back child support and faces legal action for mismanaging a trust fund.
The ex-player and sports commentator disputes the claims in a petition of breach of trust and a motion for enforcement of a child support order filed July 8 in Collin County district court on behalf of his ex-wife, Carolyn Chambers Sanders of Flower Mound.
Attorney Deborah Pritchett, who filed the court papers, said she has been unable to summon Sanders to court or determine which of his attorneys represents him in family matters. The first hearings are scheduled for Monday.
Sanders' former wife alleges that the athlete, who lives in Prosper, has not paid the court-ordered monthly payment of $1,500 for their two young children since February. She also wants to withdraw her $1 million contribution to a $2 million trust fund for the children, which was established after the parents divorced in 1998, and dissolve the trust.
The ex-player is the fund's trustee but is not fulfilling his legal obligation to provide annual financial accounting to Chambers Sanders, Pritchett said.
"There is no truth to anything she's alleging," Sanders told The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday night, adding that he has copies of canceled checks for his child support payments through June. "I established the trust fund for my kids, and I'm the custodian of the trust fund. And I will protect my kids' money from their mother."
His ex-wife is also seeking to have the court-ordered child support increased. Her attorney said they would discuss at the hearing Monday whether more is needed to support the children, ages 14 and 10.
"If Mr. Sanders has paid and he can legitimately show the canceled checks, then that would expedite this matter," said Pritchett. "She just wants to take care of her children. They need to be supported by their father, who was ordered by the court to do so."
She said Chambers Sanders works for a Dallas real estate company.
This story is from ESPN.com's automated news wire. Wire index
Wow what Media Bias
