Virginia Crackdown on Missing Child Support
September 29, 2005
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WSLS.com | Update: Virginia’s Crackdown on Missing Child Support
Note: Isn’t it heartwarming to see how much these people care? All this is fine as long as you buy into to the rhetoric that the definition of family doesn’t include the father.
Sep 28, 2005
The state wants you to get a good look at the names and faces on a specialized wanted poster of parents from the Roanoke Valley who Social Services says need to pay their child support, and should have paid up a long time ago.
We have a copy of an ad you’ll see tomorrow in the Roanoke Times, featuring 52 of the 10,000 “worst offenders” in the Roanoke Valley.
We picked the woman and man who owe the most according to this list: Rebecca Conner owes more $32,000, and Aubrey Belcher owes more than $58,000.
Nick Young, Dir. the Division of Child Support Enforcement: “So it’s not like they are two months behind or lost their job, or something like that.”
There’s even a warrant for their arrest. These parents owe more than $972,000 dollars to 122 children in Roanoke City, County and Salem.
Young; We are getting better at enforcing against parents, but the problem is not getting better. So it’s one of the reasons we’re using one of these more public measures.
Social Services paid close to $4500 dollars to take out the ad, but this new tactic is already paying off. We first showed you an ad that appeared in a Hampton Roads newspaper last month. Since then, 40 parents have come forward or been arrested, and paid or promised their children $40,000 dollars.
Young: People ask me do you do this to humiliate people? That might be the practical outcome, but we just want to find them.
To find them, and get them to take responsibility for their children.
Social Services doesn’t want to have parents arrested, they want them to pay. If you’d like to turn yourself in, or offer a tip on where one of these wanted people are, stop by the Division of Child Support Enforcement on 3535 Franklin Road in Roanoke, or call Crimeline at 344-8500.
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“To find them, and get them to take responsibility for their children.”
When I read the above statement, I’m always a bit bothered by it. It seems to only mean one thing; money! When the word ‘responsibility’ is used in statements like this, it’s rare that those saying it are talking about having a father come take the child to the park, or read them a story. Just send the damned check…….after all, it’s your ‘responsibility’ to take care of your child.
I’ve often said to friends and family that when the day comes that a parent is as likely to go to jail for not spending enough time with thier child as they are for not getting a check there in time, we MAY start to see a difference. This sword swings both ways since failing to spend enough time with the child should be seen as a negative thing just as not providing other forms of support.
Slavery is alive and well un the US. Keep making those kid payments!
“There’s even a warrant for their arrest. These parents owe more than $972,000 dollars to 122 children ”
Hmmm….. Why don’t they say how it really is…
“Owe more than $972,000 dollars to MOTHERS of 122 children. ”
I doubt that this money could be spent entirely on the needs of the children [as is most often the case]
They always say that the ever important money goes to the children. However, when the children leave the house, any money still owed goes to the custodial parent, not the child. Their intent was so obvious all the time.
I always loved the child support envelopes you get. On the back of the envelope, after you shoved your check in, you see that little red heart saying something like:
Show you care – send money to your ex.
complete crap.