LAVALETTE — A borough father who owes $746,058 in back child support to his family in Wayne has no means to pay and should be released, his attorney told the state Family Court in Paterson Wednesday, according to NorthJersey.com

The report said that the attorney for former Wayne resident Mark Taggart, 52, argued a person cannot be held in jail for punitive reasons if they cannot pay child support. Taggart's wife has been in family court 20 times since their divorce in 1999, partly because Taggard has lived in Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Alabama, Florida, Ohio and California, the report said. Authorities say the man also has a history of business deals that failed.