is it legal to hire a bounty hunter to arrest and transport a deadbeat parent from oklahoma to illinois to stand trial for being 14,000 past due on child support?
please cite refrences
2006-07-23 13:30:31 · 18 answers · asked by thomas f 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
If you want actual legal advice that is relevant to your situation, then talk to a licensed attorney.
Don't take the word of some random person on the internet when your legal rights and liabilities are at stake.
There's a reason that lawyers need to spend years in law school, then months studying for the bar exam, then hours researching the law about your particular case before giving you an opinion.
When you do talk to the attorney, ask them about the Full Faith and Credit Clause (Article IV) of the Constitution, and about whether your child support judgment is enforceable against the other parent by an Oklahoma court. Why bother with a bounty hunter when there are legal options available that are cheaper and safer.
2006-07-23 13:33:41 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
If you have the money to hire a bounty hunter, why bother doing that when all you need to do is go to the courthouse and file the necessary paperwork to garnish this person's wages. If this person is such a deadbeat and has no job, you're SOL. You can't squeeze blood into money.
Every state has FREE LEGAL SERVICE ADVISORS to help people with the legal process. Go to the courthouse and ask for this paperwork and they'll give it to you for free (or they may charge a few dollors, not sure). 15 years legal experience under my belt. I have a real estate background, but I honestly think hiring a bounty hunter is too expensive when you can get the gratification yourself my going after this person and garnishing his wages.
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2006-07-23 20:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by whatzerface 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he has Jumped Bail, yes.
If he does not have a state warrant for his arrest however, that would be kidnapping. In the United States legal system, the 1873 U.S. Supreme Court case (Taylor v. Taintor, 16 Wall (83 U.S.) 366, 21 L.Ed. 287) established that the person into whose custody a person accused of a crime is remanded as part of the accused's bail has sweeping rights to recover that person. For this reason, most bounty hunters are employed by a bail bondsman: the bounty hunter is paid a portion of the bail the fugitive initially paid, since if the fugitive successfully eludes bail, the bondsman is responsible for the remainder of their bail, not the bounty hunter.
2006-07-23 20:49:36 · answer #3 · answered by lana_sands 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. Ask the bounty hunter. They won't do it if they can't.
If he works you can enforce the judgment against his wages in any state. Just send a copy of the order to his employer. They have no choice but to comply. The relevant federal laws are titled the Child Support Recovery Act and the Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act. You should also take a look at the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
Good luck.
2006-07-23 20:38:08 · answer #4 · answered by C B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way a bounty hunter can be used is if that person has out standing warrants.
2006-07-23 20:35:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is a warrant issued for that person you can make the local police where that person lives aware of the outstanding warrant but Im not sure that type of warrant can be enforced in another state or just in the state that issued it.
2006-07-23 20:41:56 · answer #6 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is only illegal when you get caught. God knows our screw up legal system will never do anything about it. Bounty hunters are a blessing, if only they could do what you described legally.
2006-07-23 20:34:20 · answer #7 · answered by Entrepreneur 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say no, but isn't that what bounty hunters are all about? Is there a warrant?
2006-07-23 20:35:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is, but if you want to know for sure call your local police department or contact a local lawyer for a free consultation, and get the facts.
2006-07-23 23:37:18 · answer #9 · answered by Tami C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a loser forget about it. Move on with your life without the deadbeat
2006-07-23 20:34:21 · answer #10 · answered by bhcky79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋