Abe was divorced with three children. he faithfully made his child-support payments until his ex-wife suddenly died and the children came to live with him full time. regardless of the fact that abe proved his ex-wife was dead and the children were indeed living with him, the state insisted that he continue to pay child support. after about a year of wrangling with the state, he was informed that if he did not pay the back child support that he owed to his dead ex-wife he would be arrested and put in prison. abe was a victim of