arrears » the rears

Chiefly in:   in the rears

Classification: English

Spotted in the wild:

  • So now a total of $120 a week is being garnished from his paycheck. He called the mainline for the court for his case, and they then stated that this additional money is for in the rears payments. (TheLaw.com forum)
  • He is so far in the rears he owes over 12,000. (Delaware Moms forum)
  • Child support order was in 1991 and he is now 30,000 in the rears. (Lawguru)
  • These Dead Beat Parents didn’t get $30,40,$60,000 in the rears over NIGHT !!! (Stateline.org comment)
  • Whether Delbert is in the rears regarding child support payments is a personal matter between us and is not for public debate or inquiry. (Rip-Off Report comment)
| link | entered by Ben Zimmer, 2007/12/12 |

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