PARENT'S RIGHTS NOW!

So can someone explain to me how you end up owing $808,935, originally payable according to the articles at $4500 per month, to Michelle Rodman fro their 9 and 10 year old children.If my math is correct that means he owes almost 15 years of child support!!??
 

from the Costa Mesa based Daily Pilot, ""… In all honesty, Dennis, although a very sweet person, is an alcoholic," Williams said. "His sickness impacts his ability to get work. This case, especially his wife filling for divorce, has put him on a binge that I have never seen before. He is extremely hurt and extremely sick. He is often unable to obtain work because of this sickness. And his sickness is getting increasingly worse."
 

Rodman's child support was subsequently increased and he did not pay it. The arrears represents about a year's support. Obviously, the amount seems ridiculous, but keep in mind that this is a man who would gamble away $ Hundreds of Thousands and not think anything of it--like, how am I going to pay my child support? Keep in mind also that at one time he was earning over $10,0000,000 a year.

I think there are hundreds of thousands of men in this country who find themselves between a rock and a hard place because they lost their jobs and can't afford to pay their child support and can't pay a lawyer to return to court to attempt to get it lowered. However, Rodman voluntarily placed himself in a position where he could not meet his court-ordered obligations and he also could have afforded a lawyer to petition the court for a reduction. It would seem that 20 days in jail might give him the opportunity to consider his priorities.