A look at the intersection of child support and incarceration and how child support orders are handled while someone is incarcerated.
www.ncsl.org
The one who was in jail for the child he didn't know about was there for almost 30 days. The incarceraton was overturned as there was no proof that could be shown that he actually knew about the child and actually quite a bit to the contrary that he didn't know about it. He's still fighting that.
As for the guy paying Child support for the kid that isn't his. He refused and decided to stay in 180 days. He was then charged with criminal contempt of court, as seen in the link. And would have stayed in jail for up to 2 years or more depending on the judge. Bear in mind I'm repeating what was told to me. But his assets were seized to pay back child support. The court doesn't care if he's the father or not. They 'claim' to only care that the child is getting the support it needs. I mean he's white as snow and a ginger and the Child is clearly Bi-racial (Black Father, white mother).
Court doesn't give a shit. They've determined he's the chump who's going to pay as the Biological father won't man up and wants nothing to do with the kid and doesn't have anything to pay as he's a bum.