Wednesday, February 25, 2009
LACK OF COMPUTERIZED CHILD SUPPORT SYSTEM IN SC HURTS EVERYONE
Check out the comment to SC CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM REPORT & "STIMULUS" LEGISLATION. Does this sound familiar?
We believe that the lack of a computerized child support system in South Carolina not only negatively affects the payees,* but results in miscalculations of child support arrearages and virtually amounts to harassment of many people who are meeting their obligations on a consistent basis--it is too much trouble to find the guy who owes $30,000 (for example) so the Clerks Rule in the guy who owes $400 (for example)--after all, they know where he lives and can sock him with penalties that they do not have to explain to anyone and keep him in jail until he pays whatever the Court tells him to pay without regard to how much it costs the taxpayers of the county to house, guard, and feed him.
We believe that the lack of a computerized child support system in South Carolina not only negatively affects the payees,* but results in miscalculations of child support arrearages and virtually amounts to harassment of many people who are meeting their obligations on a consistent basis--it is too much trouble to find the guy who owes $30,000 (for example) so the Clerks Rule in the guy who owes $400 (for example)--after all, they know where he lives and can sock him with penalties that they do not have to explain to anyone and keep him in jail until he pays whatever the Court tells him to pay without regard to how much it costs the taxpayers of the county to house, guard, and feed him.
*For related posts see, GIRL REUNITED WITH FATHER SUES COUNTY FOR FAILURE TO LOCATE HIM, DELAYS IN CHILD SUPPORT DISTRIBUTIONS, and INADEQUATE CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION SYSTEM?
Labels: Child Support Collection, Computerized Child Support System, Institutional Mismanagement, Lawsuits, Welfare Reform
