Passport cost $311k in back child support

[sageofages]

Originally Posted by James

There is probably some study that shows that the more time the non-custodial parent spends with his/her child the better the payment record.

I always thought that regardless of "custody" the parent that is paying child support should have to spend a significant amount of time with the child.

Its harder to neglect someone you see all the time. "out of sight, out of mind."

Keeps honest people honest.

Not always....in my daughters cases (both are in their 20s now)

my oldest daughter's father saw her every single visitation, holidays and then some. I kept a decent relationship with him. He paid his support ontime....until the day he and his second wife divorced. The support payments stopped. Come to find out she was the one writing the checks. She and I get along wonderfully (crazy isn't it ) He continued to see her as dictated by our paternity agreement. And to date he owes me about $8,000.

Youngest daughter's father was court order no visitation. He pays only when the "state" finds him through his employer. To date he still owes around $35,000. She prefers to ignore his existence.

Lawyers want 1/3 of the amount due to them. The state will hunt these guys down for free eventually. I don't really need the money anymore, but I use it as a torture device anymore...and I admit it.

[SoCalGirl]

About VA - they are serious. When I worked in auto claims I inherited a file that was pending because the total loss check still had to be paid. We couldn't pay it because VA Dept of Child Services put a lien on the car due to delinquent child support. I'd get calls from the case worker and I'd have to transfer her to our legal counsel. Then the policyholder's grown children started coming out of the wood work to try and get the money themselves. Meanwhile, the policy holder is practically a vegetable from the accident and has a $1,000,000 PLUS medical bill. I'm sure somewhere the hospital was trying to figure out how to get the money themselves. The sad thing is that it was only about a $12K payout!