01-19-2012, 04:36 PM
WESH
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Friends of missing woman Michelle Parker were on hand at the Orange County Courthouse Thursday as Dale Smith, Parker’s ex-finance, saw a judge about ceasing child support payments to her.
Parker vanished a week before Thanksgiving, and authorities said that Smith is the prime suspect in her disappearance.
Money had been coming out of Smith’s check automatically as child support for the couple's twins, and his attorney told the judge that needed to stop.
"Dale's not a wealthy man, it’s important that all funds available go toward supporting those children," Stanley Silver, Smith’s attorney, said.
The judge agreed that since Parker is missing, and Smith has custody, an automatic deduction seemed impractical.
The decision could change if Smith’s situation changes.
"Upon Michelle's reappearance, without any further court order, without any other hearing, the court can reinstate child support immediately," Silver said.
Dale Smith didn’t personally attend his hearing, which proved disappointing for a friend of Michelle Parker’s, who had questions for him.
"Why won't he take a lie detector test? If he's so innocent, why won't he take a lie detector test? What's the big deal? What does he have to hide?" Karlyn Moody said.
She says this whole ordeal has her emotionally drained.
"The trauma those kids are going through, right now--- not having their mother," Moody said. "I do wish Dale would fess up and tell us where Michelle is."
Parker's whereabouts remain a mystery.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Friends of missing woman Michelle Parker were on hand at the Orange County Courthouse Thursday as Dale Smith, Parker’s ex-finance, saw a judge about ceasing child support payments to her.
Parker vanished a week before Thanksgiving, and authorities said that Smith is the prime suspect in her disappearance.
Money had been coming out of Smith’s check automatically as child support for the couple's twins, and his attorney told the judge that needed to stop.
"Dale's not a wealthy man, it’s important that all funds available go toward supporting those children," Stanley Silver, Smith’s attorney, said.
The judge agreed that since Parker is missing, and Smith has custody, an automatic deduction seemed impractical.
The decision could change if Smith’s situation changes.
"Upon Michelle's reappearance, without any further court order, without any other hearing, the court can reinstate child support immediately," Silver said.
Dale Smith didn’t personally attend his hearing, which proved disappointing for a friend of Michelle Parker’s, who had questions for him.
"Why won't he take a lie detector test? If he's so innocent, why won't he take a lie detector test? What's the big deal? What does he have to hide?" Karlyn Moody said.
She says this whole ordeal has her emotionally drained.
"The trauma those kids are going through, right now--- not having their mother," Moody said. "I do wish Dale would fess up and tell us where Michelle is."
Parker's whereabouts remain a mystery.