Deadbeat dads sentenced to watch "Maury"

**Dakota Valkyrie** · May 18th, 2009, 09:57 AM

If you’re a deadbeat dad who agrees to start making child support payments to stay out of jail, you’ve got to meet one more requirement in Judge Wade McCree’s Detroit courtroom: Watch the Maury Povich show.

McCree, a criminal judge in Wayne County Circuit Court, has begun sentencing dads to watch the show as part of their probation.

The judge, who will appear on the show Thursday, said he got the idea after watching a few episodes.

One day in February he shouted to a man with five kids from five mothers: “What the hell do you think this is, the Maury Povich show?”

“Everyone fell out laughing, but it really wasn’t funny,” the judge said today.

A videographer was in the courtroom for a local TV show and asked permission to send the clip to Povich’s show, McCree said. Soon, Maury had a crew filming in McCree’s courtroom and they invited him in for a show taping last month.

“Some of these men in my court watch the show and see how ridiculous some of the deadbeats look, and then they realize it’s them,” McCree said.

McCree said he is requiring men charged with felonies for arrears in child support to agree to start making payments and watch the show at least once a month if they want to avoid jail. He said they must discuss the show with their probation officers.
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I would pay up & keep current just to avoid watching the show.

**MadmamainNC** · May 18th, 2009, 10:01 AM

Maybe it's a case of "trash" meet "trash". Shock therapy. I know I wouldn't want to be compared to any one of those people on that show.

**Angelinfl** · May 18th, 2009, 11:56 AM

i hate that show.... its the same story every day but with different people. Who pays for all these tests and these women should be embarassed. I saw one woman who came back time after time to test man after man. i wish these people had morals and protected sex. These children are not being born into stable life situations and its a shame no matter who the baby daddy turns out to be.

**akika666** · May 18th, 2009, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by Angelinfl

i hate that show.... its the same story every day but with different people. Who pays for all these tests and these women should be embarassed. I saw one woman who came back time after time to test man after man. i wish these people had morals and protected sex. These children are not being born into stable life situations and its a shame no matter who the baby daddy turns out to be.

it is an awful show... i like dumb trashy tv as much as the next trailer dweller, but Maury is so repetive and boring. it's a depressing mockery, too... paternity tests aren't really amusing. the fact that these chicks need so many tests is just pathetic.

the DNA tests are paid for by the show, which sells advertising time.

i don't think the show even gets a point across - it sends a VERY mixed message, so i don't get the reason for the judge assigning it. but i'm sure the deadbeats don't mind.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · May 18th, 2009, 12:26 PM

I haven't watched it in years... an looks like nothing changes. So I wonder how anyone thinks seeing these clowns is going to change anything. They will just say "I don't act that way" or something along those lines... anything to differentiate themselves from the guys on TV.

If the deadbeats had any sense, they wouldn't be in that position.

And as for the flopwhore mothers on that show, if the baby having a daddy was so damned important, why the hell didn't they take the steps needed to insure that BEFORE they got knocked up? Make sure you know who you're banging. Make sure he's the type to stick around.

Most of those guys are far from boyfriend material... much less father material.

**Valasca** · May 18th, 2009, 01:53 PM

I LOVE the Maury Povich show.
I like when the woman are SO SURe the men are the father and they get so nasty with the men, but when the DNA comes back, the look on these girl's faces always makes me giggle.

**akika666** · May 18th, 2009, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by Amazon

I LOVE the Maury Povich show.
I like when the woman are SO SURe the men are the father and they get so nasty with the men, but when the DNA comes back, the look on these girl's faces always makes me giggle.

i dunno, that was a little amusing the first 2000 times...

**Valasca** · May 18th, 2009, 02:05 PM

So... I am easily amused.

**Nell** · May 19th, 2009, 12:50 AM

I love that show. I TiVo it every day. The paternity ones are my favorite. If these women are going to embarrass themselves for free paternity tests and a trip to NY for my entertainment I will certainly watch. :D