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Last updated on Sunday, May 20, 2018
(FORT WAYNE) - A former Indiana man who abandoned his family nearly 25 years ago and fled to Florida has been ordered to pay his ex-wife nearly $2 million in back child support.
Police arrested Richard J. Hoagland in 2016 in Florida on a fraudulent personal identification charge. He'd started a new family using a dead man's name after leaving his family in 1993.
The Journal Gazette reports that a magistrate in central Indiana's Hamilton County on Wednesday awarded Hoagland's ex-wife, Linda K. Iseler, with child support for their two children dating back to the early 1990s.
The court is still deciding on whether Hoagland should pay Iseler for attorney's fees. A hearing in the case is scheduled for next month.
Hoagland's attorney, Paula J. Schaefer, declined to comment Friday on the ruling.
Information from: The Journal Gazette, http://www.journalgazette.net
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