So has all this chasing after each other's butts helped your problem??
After reading every sorry post, it's clear that all of you have been mean in one way or another to someone, so no one deserves to pound their chest with proud. There's a meany in everyone apparently...........
No one here is going to know for sure what the judge will do to you next time. Fact is, you didn't comply with his decision last time(anyone can get a temp job at fast food joint, sweeping streets, cleaning, work in a grocery store etc etc, so poordom isn't an excuse for ignoring financial responsibilities), so chances are he's not going to be happy to have to deal with you again. This time he might come down harder on you since the last punishment had no effect on you.
If I ever wanted to hurt someone, I wouldn't trash their car(this is the land of insurance and civil suits), that person would just have a new car probably the very next day and be thankful to you for making that happen for them (that's where the laughing comes in).
You are right that money doesn't necessary buy you happiness and if you're poor you can't have many kids, but money buys you a lot of security, comfort and opportunities that would make your life eons better, and isn't that something extraordinary great to aspire to give your kids? Love alone, no matter how much, in a family doesn't pay the bills, rent/morgage, insurances, education, clothes, food, medicines, transportation, toys, furniture etc. We all want better for our kids than what we had and be excellent role models of improvement, achievement aand pride for our kids don't we? For example, you didn't have money for what the judge ordered you to pay, so therefore you are back in court with possibly worse punishment, now how is that benefiting your kids? It would have been in their best interest if you had gotten at least a temp job somewhere in order to pay this and maybe even make their life a little more comfortable with more money coming into the home.
Being happy is a right for every human and animal in the world, but that doesn't mean that everyone is entitled to college, have someone else pay for it and support you and family during if it means you will neglect vital and current problems that effects your family's well being and happiness. People can be happy without a fortune in the bank, but they still have to have money to eat and pay their way, just like everybody else. I'm sure once you have the $60.000 a year salary you won't want to trade back to the old times! Being poor is not necessarily forced upon anyone, especially not in the US, you can make at least end meat doing something. And having enough kids to be able to provide them with a secure and comfortable childhood is also voluntary. Kids cost money, so if there is no money, it's considerate to think twice before having more kids than you can afford.
Good luck in court, I hope it works out fairly well, for the sake of all those kids.