MAN WHO HAD 30 KIDS WITH 11 WOMEN OVERWHELMED BY CHILD SUPPORT.

You have to say this much for Desmond Hatchett:
He has a way with the ladies.
The 33-year-old Knoxville, Tenn., resident has
reportedly set a Knox County record for his
ability to reproduce. He has 30 children with 11
women. And nine of those children were born in
the last three years, after Hatchett — who is
something of a local celebrity — vowed “I’m
done!” in a 2009 TV interview, saying he wouldn’t
father more children.

But Hatchett 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,”
Melissa Gibson, an assistant supervisor with the
Knox County child support clerk’s office, said
with a sigh.
Hatchett’s attorney, Keith Pope, did not return
phone calls seeking comment.
Under the law, there’s nothing officials can do to
force Hatchett to keep his pants on.
“If there’s something out there like that, I’m
unaware of it,” Gibson told The Times, before
adding, “It definitely needs to be.”
Gibson said Hatchett is believed to hold the
Knox County record for most children. (He’d hold
a similar record in most counties in the U.S.,
which might explain why news of his
predicament was pinging around the Internet on
Friday.)
Gibson said she couldn’t say whether any of his
children receive public assistance. The youngest
is a toddler; the oldest is 14. 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
— in a PG-rated way 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% 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 a month, reported WREG in
Memphis.