Yet another sad post and yet another father in jail for failure to pay unjust child support that he could not afford and being unjustly labeled a deadbeat by evil in a robe. You can fight this and you can win if only….
Category: Enforcement
Texas Interference with Child Custody Enforcement Bill
Texas has an Interference with Child Custody Enforcement Bill Moving through the Legislature Mirroring What we Suggested in Our Green Book. It has picked up Both Democrat and Republican Sponsors!
DuPage Illinois Judge Strikes Down Law Requiring Parents to Pay Child’s College Tuition
Father wins support argument. On May 4, 2018, a trial court judge in Illinois ruled that the family code statute that required divorced parents to pay for their child’s college expenses was unconstitutional and violated the equal protection clause. The judge used Troxel to justify some of his reasoning for striking the law down. And… Continue reading DuPage Illinois Judge Strikes Down Law Requiring Parents to Pay Child’s College Tuition
How do I Enforce my Child Custody Order Criminally?
You show up at the other parent’s house to pick up your child for the weekend and nobody is there. What do you do? You call the police and tell them you cannot find your child and it is your time to have them. If your child is missing and the other parent has the… Continue reading How do I Enforce my Child Custody Order Criminally?
New Child Custody Enforcement Bill Filed in Texas Today HB 3883
Texas Representative James White has filed another powerful bill in the Texas Legislature this 85th session, HB 3883, relating to interference with possession or access to a child, with penalties. Noncustodial parents have been having difficulty enforcing their possession time with their children. It’s expensive and they couldn’t get help from law enforcement or the… Continue reading New Child Custody Enforcement Bill Filed in Texas Today HB 3883
ABA Says Child Support Program exists because of Deadbeat Dads
The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) says that Child Support is “good” for children and their most successful program to date. And one of the writers on the ABA blog writes that child support “IV-D only exists because of deadbeats…” But they don’t take a look at the destructive practices that this accomplishment drives.… Continue reading ABA Says Child Support Program exists because of Deadbeat Dads
Trump Directs DOJ to Rescind Letter to Judges to Show Mercy on Child Support Debtors.
Are Parents and Disabled Veterans being Jailed for Child Support they Cannot Pay and Denied Medications? Child Support Magistrate Josephine Clark threw a fully disabled veteran, Joshua Jones, in jail on September 14, 2016 for inability to pay a child support order. The sentence she gave him was to sit in jail “indefinitely” until he… Continue reading Trump Directs DOJ to Rescind Letter to Judges to Show Mercy on Child Support Debtors.
Eeny Meeny Miny Moe – Enforcement Unequal Treatment
A father is facing felony charges for recording a custody conference and then posting it on Facebook. “I wanted to show people that the court was acting corruptly,” Cline said Monday in a phone interview. “They weren’t fighting fair. They’re doing everything they can so I can’t have my kids.””1 Do you blame this father… Continue reading Eeny Meeny Miny Moe – Enforcement Unequal Treatment