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"Pay up, or else!\r\nThat&amp;apos;s the lesson Teen Mom&amp;apos;s Maci Bookout learns on Tuesday&amp;apos;s season premiere when she finds out her ex, Ryan Edwards, could go to jail if he continues to skip out on their son Bentley&amp;apos;s child support payments.\r\n\r\nAs the above preview clip shows, when the 19-year-old single mom calls the child support agency to inquire about a missed deposit, she gets a rude awakening when it comes to unemployed Edwards.\r\n&amp;quot;When someone has been receiving unemployment, that doesn&amp;apos;t mean they can stop paying child support,&amp;quot; the agent tells Bookout. &amp;quot;If payments aren&amp;apos;t coming in, we can file a contempt with the court, which typically means community service and, in most cases, six months in jail or a large lump sum payment.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nLater, a shocked Bookout calls a pal to report her findings. &amp;quot;Can you get me a new baby-daddy?&amp;quot; she asks. &amp;quot;After 45 days [without payment], he has to go to jail. I just don&amp;apos;t understand how he thinks child support is a joke. What about when Bentley&amp;apos;s, like, eight, and he [asks] if dad&amp;apos;s ever been to jail. I&amp;apos;ll have to [say] &amp;apos;yes, because he didn&amp;apos;t pay up.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\nFind out if Edwards forks over the funds when Teen Mom premieres Tuesday at 10 p.m. (EST) on MTV.\r\nBy Allison Corneau for Us Weekly. For more Channel Surfing, click here."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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