Posted by
Billy on Monday, June 29, 2009 2:18:14 PM
Staton became the single father of 10 kids — ages 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 9, 8, 5, 4 and 1 month — in February 2007 when his wife, RebelJane, died after suffering a cerebral aneurysm. The oldest child was his wife's daughter from a previous relationship that he had raised as his own.
Without his wife, Gary Staton said, the amount of work involved and the stress of raising the kids on $10.75 an hour wages were too much to handle.
“I was 100 percent sure that I couldn't last much longer doing this routine over and over, and I wanted to just walk away from it all,” he said in March, when he granted interviews to The World-Herald to share his side of the story with the public.
Aside from his oldest daughter, he said, he did not ask for help from anyone in the family. He did not seek government assistance after losing his job in September.
That month, he told his kids — all but the oldest, who legally was an adult — he was taking them to Creighton University Medical Center for grief counseling. When they arrived, he notified hospital staff that he was invoking Nebraska's safe haven law, which allowed parents to leave their children without facing criminal prosecution.
At the time, the law had no age limit. The Legislature later limited it to newborns after 27 parents and guardians dropped off kids.
(The above is part of a story from my local paper. Well guess what there is an update to this story which you might not believe.)
Gary Staton said he had lost the will to be a parent after his wife died.
Now, the man who dropped off his nine kids under Nebraska's safe haven law is going to be a father again.
Staton, 37, and his girlfriend are expecting a baby.
(Ok you can't handle the children you had and didn't even ask for help from your family but you go have sex with a lady who you have not married. That sounds like a good plan to me. Not! Children aren't toys or should they be treated like they are. Read more of the above story
Man who dropped off 9 kids now dad-to-be .)