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He Was Married To A Bigamist For Two Months, Yet He Must Pay Her Thousands A Month In Spousal Support

Ashe Schow
He Was Married To A Bigamist For Two Months, Yet He Must Pay Her Thousands A Month In Spousal Support
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Yet another example of how the family courts are stacked against men.

Mark Athans was married to Charity Parchem for just two months in 2017, yet that Kardashian-length marriage could cost him tens of thousands of dollars. KPRC 2 reported that Athans said he was ordered “to pay Charity Lenee Parchem $96,000 in support and lawyer fees Tuesday morning or face the possibility of jail.”

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