Local man wants mothers, fathers treated equally by courts
Schultz is one of many Alberta parents caught in the Maintenance Enforcement Program.
The oil field worker has been in the industry for 25 years and admits it hasn’t always been easy.
“2008 was a pretty nasty one,” he said. “That’s when gas really plummeted here in southern Alberta and really affected a lot of southern Alberta. Oil workers at the time have a saying, that’s when all the oil patch princesses cashed out.”
Schultz was laid off, without work, had just separated from his then-wife and was ordered to pay $4,500 per month for child and spousal support.