Child support is not about the children. It's about how much federal funding the state can get for amounts of support (and alimony) ordered, collected & enforced. It's called the "Federal reimbursement incentive funding to the states" at Title 42 U.S.C. Sections 658(a) & (f). The Feds send the state funding on how much support is awarded & collected each year; with no strings attached. The funding is put into the state treasury. The first items paid out of the treasury are state employee (e.g., child support & probation workers) salaries & pensions, and judges' salaries & Pensions. The US Supreme Court holds that this is unconstitutional. Judges & other officials can't sit in judgment of cases where they have a financial interest in the outcome of those cases (see, Tumey v. Ohio, Ward v. Monroeville, etc.), because they are too tempted to abuse their contempt powers to extort more monies. The High Court said that any orders emanating in these cases are null & void.
Further, child support is a CIVIL matter. Probable cause that a CRIME is required if someone is behind in support. Since no probable cause exists in CIVIL matters, no one can be arrested. That's why there aren't any arrests for delinquent mortgages, car loans, etc. The Federal Courts have said child support is a common, commercial, CIVIL debt, like any other debt. These courts say it is not a "special debt".
Child support enforcement is a total scam being used to pad one's salaries & income off the backs of the great unwashed. Time to eliminate the entire enforcement industry & send checks directly to the children like Social Security checks. it would save the $10 Billion annually to run the enforcement industry.
May 25, 2009 Rating
dead beats by: Anonymous
Father... Mother... doesn't matter... Doing the right thing knows no gender, being a supportive parent is important regardless of being a mother or father. It should always be for the child and no mother or father should ever take that responsibility lightly.
May 19, 2009 Rating
dead beat moms???? by: Anonymous
Yes I totally agree with u as far dead beat moms....as far as nails hairs etc..that the mom is getting done....SHAME on HER!!!!! Kinda makes u wonder if they were all starvin she would make sure she ate before them! That's totally disturbing!
May 19, 2009 Rating
Make state pay for deadbeat mom's indiscretions by: Anonymous
What frustrated dad needs to do with deadbeat mom is to bring his problem to his elected Federal representatives and ask them to have the Feds stop funding the state for child support enforcement reimbursement incentive funding (Title 42 USC Sections 658 a, f) until the state starts complying with the Federal mandates to enforce his child support. A letter from his US representative (or senator) to the head of the state child support enforcement agency should get the ball rolling quickly, and have mom in court or arrested within a couple of weeks.
