Thursday, December 31, 2009
GRAB BAG OF "END OF THE YEAR" STUFF
Alabama is no longer Missing, but Maryland is still missing
Alabama is no longer Missing, but Maryland is still missing
A review of the South Carolina CSED website reveals that Alabama is no longer listed on the South Carolina Abandoned Property List. However, further review of the same list reveals that Maryland is still listed. What this means is that the incompetence of the folks at the South Carolina CSED not only directly harms hundreds of thousands of citizens of South Carolina, but that it also harms those citizens of Maryland whose child support payments have been intercepted by the State of South Carolina yet remain in South Carolina's possession rather than being forwarded to the State of Maryland for distribution.
In case Larry McKeown reads this post and has some difficulty understanding what he reads, we will try to make it simple.
Under Federal Law, there are various procedures for one State to collect the child support payments of people who earn income in that State and forward it to the State where the person who is supposed to receive the support resides. In the case under discussion, South Carolina has collected money that is owed to citizens of Maryland, but rather than sending it to the State of Maryland for distribution to the rightful owners, South Carolina is maintaining possession of this money under the pretext that it does not have a current address for Maryland's Child Support Collection Agency.
More Corruption in South Carolina
The Associated Press has reported that 4 (more) plead guilty in (the DSS) fraud scheme. Dozens have been charged in this case with more convictions to come. And yet, those at the South Carolina Department of Social Services who were in charge of this mess are still employed, sucking down big bucks, and lurching towards their pensions while secure in the knowledge that "accountability" is a theoretical construct in South Carolina Government.
In the meantime, The Post and Courier reports, Union County official arrested:
Former court clerk Brad Morris has been charged with embezzlement. And several former officials -- Sheriff Howard Wells, supervisor Donald Betenbaugh and tax assessor Willie Randall Jr. -- face various federal charges.
Union's former mayor and zoning administrator have served federal prison time for bribes.
Is there anybody in Union County government who has not been arrested for embezzling? And will that person please turn out the lights when he or she finishes emptying the county's bank accounts?
Some Mothers of Bastard Children Want a Lot of Money
How's that for a tacky headline?
Seriously, we understand that John Edwards is a disappointment to many and that he may be arrogant and narcissistic and so on and so on and so on. Mostly, we understand that he has a moral and legal obligation to support his child. But look at what the mother of the child wants by way of "child support"--"$17,000 a month from Edwards, a tab that includes... $800 a month for eating out, $400 a month for 'club dues and memberships' and $1,200 a month for a security guard." Ms. Hunter also wants Edwards to "pay her $250 a month to trim her and Frances' locks." This of course, is on top of the "four-bedroom, $535,000 home" that Edwards reportedly purchased for Hunter and the child to live in in Charlotte.
Say, don't they have some sort of cap on child support in North Carolina?
Of course, before anyone begins to feel too sorry for John Edwards, they should read Ex-Wolverine Braylon Edwards being sued for child support:
Jets star and former University of Michigan wide receiver Braylon Edwards is being sued for child support by a former contestant on "America's Next Top Model," the New York Post
reported Friday.
Edwards reportedly fathered a child with Nik Pace, who's suing for up to $70,000 a month.
The Post quoted Pace's lawyer, Raoul Felder, as saying Edwards tried to be recognized as the father in Georgia, where child support payments would likely be lower. Pace is suing in New York."Braylon had tried to get the case litigated in Georgia because they are traditionally less generous with child support payments," Felder told the Post. "It's a cold, calculated act to pay less money."
Edwards, 26, doesn't see it that way, at all. "Braylon is a proud father who has loved and supported his child since before he was born," Edwards' lawyer, Randy Kessler, told the Post. "He filed in June to declare himself the legal father and she objected."
$70,000 a month for the support of one child? Where do these lawyers get their nerve? And what about the idea of a child support cap?
Labels: Child Support, Institutional Mismanagement, Misconduct, Pro Athletes, Problems at DSS
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Pennsylvania is also still on the Abandoned Property List. My sister lives in Pennsylvania and she is trying to find out if your State has intercepted any money from her ex in South Carolina. What a bunch of yoyos at SCDSS!
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