Judge tells 'stay at home dad' to get a job and pay maintenance arrears

The unemployed man, who stays at home to care for his five-year-old child from a new relationship, said he doesn’t qualify for social welfare

The man is €1,100 in maintenance arrears to his first partner for their child. File photo

A judge has told a ‘stay at home dad' in arrears on his maintenance payments to go out and get a job.

At the Family Law Court, Judge Mary Larkin told the man that there “is absolutely no reason” why he should not go out and get a job.