Copyright 1999 Chicago Sun Times [2011-04-24]

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Chicago Sun‑Times

Copyright 1999

 

Friday, August 20, 1999

 

NEWS

 

SNEED

Michael Sneed

 

   It's a shocker! . . .

 

  A prominent Chicago oral surgeon .  .  .  .    is in Cook

County jail today for failure to pay $92,104.96 in child support for his six children . . . ages 5 to 15.

 

   (The doctor), who has offices in Chicago and the suburbs, was drilled Thursday by Divorce Court Judge Veronica Mathein, who ordered (the doctor) jailed indefinitely until he produces a cashier's or certified check for the total.

 

  (The doctor), who divorced wife .   .   .    in 1997, is under court order to pay $14,000 a month. Her attorney, … … …   Paul Feinstein, charged in court that (the doctor)once had an income of $1.7 million a year.  .  .  

 

  Unable to pay the back support by the 4 p.m. Thursday deadline

imposed by the judge, (the doctor) was sent to Cook County Jail, where he spent the night.

 

  Got any Novocain?