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SENT Not RB a DT very RB big JJ house NN . SENT And CC once RB he PP made VVD his PP$ support NN payments NNS , , he PP had VHD no DT money NN for IN heat NN . SENT It's NNS one CD of IN the DT reasons NNS I PP stopped VVD doing VVG the DT clinical JJ work NN , , says VVZ Dr NN . SENT McBride NP , , because IN the DT stories NNS were VBD so RB terrible JJ and CC there EX was VBD so RB little JJ you PP could MD do VV for IN people NNS . SENT This DT man NN said VVD , , I PP want VVP to TO go VV out RP and CC kill VV myself PP . SENT It PP won't VVD get VV better RBR . SENT And CC he PP was VBD right JJ , , it PP wasn't VVD going VVG to TO get VV better RBR . SENT Fathers NNS pushed VVD close RB to TO the DT breaking NN point VVP rarely RB attract VV media NNS attention NN because IN everyone NN assumes VVZ they PP are VBP deadbeat NN dads NNS . 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SENT As IN Jim's NP affidavit NN notes NNS , , out RB of IN a DT monthly JJ take VVP home RB pay VV of IN about IN 1 CD , , 650 CD , , My PP$ most RBS significant JJ monthly JJ expense NN is VBZ the DT 800 CD support NN payments NNS I PP make VVP in IN relation NN to TO my PP$ children NNS . SENT But CC that DT wasn't JJ good JJ enough NN . SENT Although IN Jim NP had VHD owned VVN the DT matrimonial JJ home NN prior RB to TO his PP$ marriage NN , , which WDT lasted VVD five CD years NNS , , a DT judge NN granted VVD his PP$ ex JJ wife NN a DT half NN interest NN in IN it PP when WRB the DT couple NN divorced VVD . SENT Based VVN on IN a DT formula NN that WDT valued VVD the DT house NN higher JJR than IN it PP actually RB sold VVD for IN , , Jim NP was VBD ordered VVN to TO pay VV his PP$ former JJ wife NN more JJR than IN 8 CD , , 000 CD and CC was VBD held VVN responsible JJ for IN a DT 3 CD , , 400 CD credit NN card NN bill NN . SENT Arguing VVG that IN he PP had VHD no DT conceivable JJ way NN of IN raising VVG these DT funds NNS , , Jim NP attempted VVD to TO declare VV bankruptcy NN . SENT In IN March NP , , 1998 CD , , Judge NP Maurice NP J NP . SENT Herauf NP ruled VVD that IN the DT amount NN of IN money NN in IN question NN is VBZ not RB large JJ and CC should MD be VB paid VVN in IN full JJ . SENT He PP added VVD , , It PP has VHZ to TO be VB made VVN clear JJ to TO the DT bankrupt JJ that IN he PP will MD be VB held VVN responsible JJ for IN his PP$ actions NNS . SENT In IN June NP , , 1999 CD , , the DT same JJ judge NN denied VVN Jim's NP appeal NN , , declaring VVG that IN his PP$ intransigence NN toward IN paying VVG anything NN to TO his PP$ ex JJ wife NN on IN the DT property NN judgement NN is VBZ as RB apparent JJ now RB as IN it PP was VBD at IN the DT time NN of IN the DT discharge NN hearing NN . SENT At IN both CC these DT hearings NNS , , an DT extra JJ 500 CD to TO cover VV the DT legal JJ fees NNS of IN his PP$ ex JJ wife NN , , who WP vigorously RB opposed VVD his PP$ bankruptcy NN was VBD added VVN to TO Jim's NP debt NN . SENT The DT judge NN decreed VVN that IN the DT now RB nearly RB 13 CD , , 000 CD Jim NP owed VVD would MD be VB deducted VVN in IN 100 CD instalments NNS from IN every DT pay NN cheque NN for IN the DT next JJ six CD years NNS , , leaving VVG him PP about IN 650 CD a DT month NN to TO live VV on RP . SENT Less JJR than IN two CD weeks NNS after IN he PP lost VVD the DT appeal NN , , Jim's NP family NN buried VVD him PP in IN a DT Regina NP cemetery NN . SENT Neither CC his PP$ former JJ wife NN nor CC his PP$ children NNS attended VVD his PP$ funeral NN . SENT Three CD years NNS after IN Andrew NP Renouf NP asphyxiated VVD himself PP in IN his PP$ car NN near IN Markham NP , , Ont NN . SENT , , because IN he PP , , too RB , , could MD see VV no DT way NN out RB , , a DT small JJ group NN of IN people NNS held VVD a DT memorial NN service NN outside IN the DT provincial JJ support NN enforcement NN office NN . SENT During IN his PP$ sermon NN , , Rev NP . SENT Alan NP Stewart NP , , of IN Toronto's NP Westview NP Presbyterian NP Church NP , , made VVD the DT following VVG remarks NNS . SENT The DT terrible JJ reality NN of IN this DT story NN is VBZ that DT everyone NN lost VVD . SENT A DT daughter NN lost VVD her PP$ father NN , , a DT former JJ wife NN lost VVD her PP$ support NN , , society NN lost VVD a DT good JJ and CC productive JJ member NN and CC Andrew NP lost VVD the DT most RBS precious JJ thing NN . SENT his PP$ life NN . SENT Surely RB a DT system NN that WDT makes VVZ everyone NN a DT loser NN has VHZ got VVN to TO be VB wrong JJ . SENT