In 2004, Travis Deon Henry had reason to be happy, having just signed a 25 million dollar contract with the NFL’s Denver Broncos.  He would soon need the money because Jameshia L. Beacham of Georgia filed a paternity suit against him.

And that’s not all.  Henry had eight other children in multiple states and child support orders for almost all of them.  Although Henry made almost $50,000 a month, he was behind on his temporary child support payments to Beacham when the matter came on for trial.  So the Judge ordered him to place $250,000 in trust to secure the payments.  The trust would be returned to Henry after his child support obligation was satisfied.

Henry appealed the legality of the trust fund requirement but the appeals court found that the trial court had the authority to fashion such a remedy in these circumstances.    Henry v. Beacham, A09A1129 (2009).

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