NJSBA Family Law Section

"Defendant has failed to provide this court with proof that his earning ability is less than he previously stated and he certainly has not shown a decrease in income during the aforementioned time period. In actuality, he may very well be in better stead financially as a result of debt clearance through the bankruptcy petitions. This court finds that the defendant has no intention of finding substantial employment in his or any other field. This court finds that defendant has found his niche in this world, in that he is maintaining a high lifestyle without having to work for it. To use the vernacular, he has it made. This court finds that defendant is content to sit back and become a complete human parasite [FN1] permitting a succession of fiancees, friends and relatives to provide for him so as to enable him to live in and maintain a lifestyle commensurate with his self-imposed high standard of living, while his children are reduced to the status of virtual beggars. He professes love and concern for them, yet this court finds a complete lack of same. Defendant's application for modification of child support is denied."

"FN1. "One frequenting the tables of the rich and earning welcome by flattery; an organism living in or on another organism; something that resembles a biological parasite in dependence on something else for existence or support without making a useful or adequate return." Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary"

Harris v. Harris, 235 N.J.Super. 434 (Ch. Div. 1989)