It appears the Jackson Family will never leave the news. This time it’s Jermaine Jackson making the buzz. Jermaine took a little trip to Africa and now he’s not allowed to leave the continent and come back to America.
While he was in Africa Michael Jackson’s bother’s passport expired. He can’t get a new one because he owes a little child support, like around $100,000 worth. In May of 2008, Alejandre Oaziaza, the mother of Jermaine’s child, got a child support order against Jackson requiring him to pay $3,000 a month. Well, Jermaine didn’t have all that money and he now owes his baby’s momma $92,921.
According to Metrolyrics, California law states that when a person owes more than $2,500 a month in child support, the State Department of Child Support Services automatically informs the FBI of the delinquency, which then flags up the person’s passport. When that person’s passport expires it cannot be renewed until all the child support money is paid in full.
It looks like Jermaine Jackson better start hunting around for an apartment in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, because things are doubtful if he’ll be able to come up with all that child support any time soon and he’ll need a new place to stay.
There is a way that Jermaine can get back to America. The American Embassy can issue temporary papers to a US citizen that will let him return to the states. No word yet if the embassy has any plans to do that.
So, what do we learn from this? First of all make sure your passport is no where near close to expiring but most importantly, pay your child support and if you can’t, don’t leave the country!
