Friday, February 19, 2010
TABLE 6: CASES WITH ARREARS DUE AND CASES PAYING TOWARDS ARREARS, FY 2008
Members of the South Carolina General Assembly and the Director of the South Carolina CSED may want to review "Table 6: Cases With Arrears Due And Cases Paying Towards Arrears, FY 2008." This official federal government document indicates that over 62,000 South Carolinians are making no payments towards their child support arrears. Bad as this appears, it should be kept in mind that these figures only include active DSS cases and that they were compiled prior to the onset of the recession. Our guess is that there are currently another 20,000 to 30,000 non-custodial parents who are making no payments toward their child support arrears in South Carolina. And this does not include the private cases that are not handled by DSS.
Readers should keep in mind both that most custodial parents are women and that MANY SOUTH CAROLINA "DEADBEATS" ARE JUST "DEAD." So nobody may ever get money from some fathers. Additionally, as The Wall Street Journal reports, the recession may be hitting men harder than women. These combined facts should stimulate South Carolina to make more vigorous efforts to "get 'em while they're hot." The longer South Carolina waits to implement its computerized child support tracking and collection system and to require new hire reporting, the more difficulty it will have in collecting past due child support on behalf of some of its most needy and vulnerable citizens.
Members of the South Carolina General Assembly and the Director of the South Carolina CSED may want to review "Table 6: Cases With Arrears Due And Cases Paying Towards Arrears, FY 2008." This official federal government document indicates that over 62,000 South Carolinians are making no payments towards their child support arrears. Bad as this appears, it should be kept in mind that these figures only include active DSS cases and that they were compiled prior to the onset of the recession. Our guess is that there are currently another 20,000 to 30,000 non-custodial parents who are making no payments toward their child support arrears in South Carolina. And this does not include the private cases that are not handled by DSS.
Readers should keep in mind both that most custodial parents are women and that MANY SOUTH CAROLINA "DEADBEATS" ARE JUST "DEAD." So nobody may ever get money from some fathers. Additionally, as The Wall Street Journal reports, the recession may be hitting men harder than women. These combined facts should stimulate South Carolina to make more vigorous efforts to "get 'em while they're hot." The longer South Carolina waits to implement its computerized child support tracking and collection system and to require new hire reporting, the more difficulty it will have in collecting past due child support on behalf of some of its most needy and vulnerable citizens.
Labels: "Deadbeat Dads", Child Support Collection, Computerized Child Support System, Dodging Child Support, Institutional Mismanagement, Welfare Reform
