Thursday, January 15, 2009
IS SOUTH CAROLINA THE BEST FRIEND OF A DEADBEAT DAD?
Everyone should view A DEADBEAT DAD, SOUTH CAROLINA IS HIS BEST FRIEND.
We do not know that we would have been quite as hard on Senators Graham and DeMint and Governor Sanford as the person who created this presentation. Still, the author made some valid points.
There is no excuse for being the only State in the Nation without a computerized child support tracking system.
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This is a great video everyone who has ever been on the noncustodial side of Family Court in South Carolina should watch
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: 11:52 AM
The following article was published in the Charleston Post and Courier on September 27, 2005:
Family court bogged down, Toal says
Associated Press
COLUMBIA--South Carolina Chief Justice Jean Toal says the state's family court system is overloaded and too time-consuming for judges.
Toal told a Senate subcommittee considering major reforms in the state's system that the number of judges would have to double to "reasonably process" family court cases that include divorces and child support issues. Lawmakers previously rejected Toal's request for three additional family court judges.
During a recent subcommittee hearing, Barry Knobel, a family court judge in Anderson, said each of the state's 52 family court judges typically hears 4,000 to 5,000 cases a year.
The chief justice said family court judges spend about an average of 20 minutes on any case during a year, and much of the caseload is child support cases brought by the state Department of Social Services.
A committee of family court judges headed by Knobel recently found that South Carolina should use special hearing officers to better process DSS cases, which is done in other states.
Sen. Glenn McConnell, R-Charleston, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, appointed a subcommittee to study the issues and draft legislation.
The long and the short of this is that as long as South Carolina cannot comply with the federal mandate to implement a child support and computer tracking system anyone who is unlucky enough to find himself in Family Court is likely to get squeezed by the system. The Family Court has to get the money to operate from somewhere.
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Family court bogged down, Toal says
Associated Press
COLUMBIA--South Carolina Chief Justice Jean Toal says the state's family court system is overloaded and too time-consuming for judges.
Toal told a Senate subcommittee considering major reforms in the state's system that the number of judges would have to double to "reasonably process" family court cases that include divorces and child support issues. Lawmakers previously rejected Toal's request for three additional family court judges.
During a recent subcommittee hearing, Barry Knobel, a family court judge in Anderson, said each of the state's 52 family court judges typically hears 4,000 to 5,000 cases a year.
The chief justice said family court judges spend about an average of 20 minutes on any case during a year, and much of the caseload is child support cases brought by the state Department of Social Services.
A committee of family court judges headed by Knobel recently found that South Carolina should use special hearing officers to better process DSS cases, which is done in other states.
Sen. Glenn McConnell, R-Charleston, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, appointed a subcommittee to study the issues and draft legislation.
The long and the short of this is that as long as South Carolina cannot comply with the federal mandate to implement a child support and computer tracking system anyone who is unlucky enough to find himself in Family Court is likely to get squeezed by the system. The Family Court has to get the money to operate from somewhere.
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