Does it seem strange that if you miss payments or failed to pay arrears on time due to unemployment that the courts can suspend your license?
What good comes from suspending a license?
Thoughts?
2007-08-28 09:08:59 · 13 answers · asked by Glen B 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
David; how is it effective when they need documents when filling out W2 forms and having to find alternative routes to get to work?
2007-08-28 09:18:27 · update #1
Hillary; I said nothing about unemployment. Answer the question next time without some crap mumbo jumbo you just did or don't answer it at all.
2007-08-28 09:19:20 · update #2
This has nothing to do with my current status. It was just mind boggling how it makes sense to others. That's why I asked the question.
2007-08-28 09:20:01 · update #3
Getting one's attention and being an effective tool don't go hand in hand.
2007-08-28 09:22:41 · update #4
Pepper; no, I did not say I was in arrears.
2007-08-28 09:24:13 · update #5
No, it doesn't seem strange at all. Perhaps if you spent less on gasoline, took the bus, and had your freedom restricted a bit - you'd understand the importance of supporting a child.
If you have circumstances such as unemployment - you make good faith efforts to find employment and pay what you can.- and should contact the court and seek temporary relief (abatement) or modification to the existing order - you don't just "stop paying" and whine about it.
2007-08-28 09:19:51 · answer #1 · answered by pepper 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The best answer is not to get into arrears in the first place. A lot of past-due child support is owed because the paying parent doesn't get in front of the issue by going to court to seek a termporary reduction in the support amount. If you become unemployed or unemployable through no fault of your own, the court will usually grant a reduction. The irony is that once you are incarcerated, your continuing child support obligation stops, but you are still on the hook for arrears.
2016-05-20 02:32:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have fallen into a hole dug by those who just don't want to pay. My wifes ex works and makes really good money but refuses to pay support. He loses his license about every 3 months (takes that long for the info to reach his State since it is an out-of-State account). If the payor is not working, I guess they figure he doesn't need to be driving around. Whatever the reason, it DOES get their attention.
2007-08-28 09:19:04 · answer #3 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, Not strange at all.
It's a form of punishment.
No bigger scumbag than a man who wont pay child support.
What kind of person won't help pay for his own kid(s) ?
The worst kind !
Nothing in this country is more important than family.
By not supporting your own kids you are helping to destroy the very foundation of our nation.
It's the erosion of family values that hurts this nation the most.
There is no valid excuse when it comes to neglecting children.
If I sound pissed it's because my dead-beat dad didn't pay his child support and my family suffered because of it.
It changed the way my sister and I grew up and made my Mom old before her time.
We never really forgave him.
2007-08-28 09:42:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"What good comes from suspending a license?" - It works. There are a lot of dead beat parents out there that would never pay unless there is an enforcement tool that works. Taking away licenses is a very effective tool.
2007-08-28 09:15:05 · answer #5 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Then don't be unemployed!! Eating is not a style, it doesn't come and go. Your kids need support no matter what. If your license becomes suspended because you've failed to pay, then GET A JOB!!!!
2007-08-28 09:17:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Like I've always heard, a drivers license is not a right, it's a priviledge. Hwoever, it doesn't make much sense to me to take away a person ability to get to work so he/she can pay child support-----but if you weren't paying it to begin with, taking away your license does seem to get your attention.
2007-08-28 09:18:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it doesn't seem strange to me at all. Children need to be supported and if revoking a driver's license is the only way to make a dead beat parent pay, so be it. There have to be consequences to your actions or lack thereof.
2007-08-28 09:17:59 · answer #8 · answered by KitKat 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It seems strange that anything would get in the way of someone taking care of his child.
They don't know why you haven't paid only that you haven't.
They want to talk to you so they suspend your license if you are stopped then the cop knows to help you visit the judge.
2007-08-28 09:16:16 · answer #9 · answered by easyericlife 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It makes the law breaker realize that he can't skip out on his responsibilities without consequenses.
When you think about it, what does 'community service' have to do with driving drunk? What does living in a prison cell have to do with rape?
These are all just different ways of punishing people.
2007-08-28 09:18:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋