Washington, May 19 (ANI): A US man, who has fathered 30 children with 11 women, is seeking a break on child support.
Desmond Hatchett Knoxville, Tenn., resident has reportedly set a Knox County record for his ability to reproduce.
Out of the 11 nine of those children were born in the last three years, after Hatchett vowed "I'm done!" in a 2009 TV interview, saying he wouldn't father more children.
But the 33-year-old is back in the news this week because he's struggling to make ends meet on his minimum-wage job.
His inability to make child-support payments on such a meager salary also means he's back in court again and again, most recently to ask for a break on those payments.
"Yes, we've got several cases with Mr. Hatchett," LA Times quoted Melissa Gibson, an assistant supervisor with the Knox County child support clerk's office, as saying.
Under the law, there's nothing officials can do to force Hatchett to stop fathering more kids.
"If there's something out there like that, I'm unaware of it," Gibson said.
"It definitely needs to be," she said.
Gibson said Hatchett is believed to hold the Knox County record for most children.
Gibson further said that she couldn't say whether any of his children receive public assistance. The youngest is a toddler; the oldest is 14.
On being asked in a TV interview whether he can "keep up with it all," Hatchett said he knows all their names, ages and birth dates.
Also in a TV interview, Hatchett tried to explain how he managed to end up with so many kids: "I had four kids in the same year. Twice."
When Hatchett is working, he is required to turn over 50 percent of his wages for child support-the maximum allowed under law.
Child support payments are based in part on the ages and needs of the children.
Some of the mothers of Hatchett's children get only 1.49 dollars a month, WREG in Memphis reported. (ANI)
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