Results tagged “delinquent child support” from Family Lawyers & Divorce Attorneys Blog

In Tampa, Florida, a 41 year old man by the name of Robert George Cahill was recently sentenced with two years in federal prison.  According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Cahill was charged with willful failure to pay child support. 

Aside from being served with time in prison, Cahill was ordered to pay $72,732 in past due child support for his 17 year old daughter and 13 year old son.  At this time, his children live with their mother in the state of New York.

Authorities told news sources that Cahill failed to make child support payments since April 1997.  Even though Cahill was employed and aware of his child support obligations, he made few payments voluntarily.  At times, authorities were able to extract involuntary payments from him by placing him under arrest or requiring him to pay cash bonds before he was allowed to be released from police custody. 

Police say that in the past, Cahill had to pay $300 to avoid having his driver's license suspended and also had one of his tax refunds seized.  When interviewed by federal agents in 2007, Cahill told them that he "worked under the table" to avoid paying his child support. He also told them that he knew of his child support obligations, but "just did not care."

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In Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. District Court Judge John Nixon ordered former NFL linebacker, Dwayne Rudd, to apply 10% of his annual income to child support payments.  The order came to be after Rudd failed to pay more than $540,000 in child support.

Aside from being ordered to pay 10% of his income, Rudd was also given a five year suspended sentence, per the prosecutor's recommendation.

Recently, Rudd's income changed substantially, so he will not have to return to court until Judge Nixon determines how much he owes in child support payments.  Originally, Rudd had been ordered to pay $7,500 each month for child support.  However, he had not made any payments since 2004. 

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In Portland, Oregon, 21 people were arrested after the state conducted a sweep to find unpaid child support offenders.

According to Oregon's attorney general's office, parents were arrested this past Wednesday.  The combined amount the parents owed in delinquent child support was $530,000.  They also claim that most parents in Oregon make their child support payments.  Last year, the state received $344 million for over 250,000 children.

The sweep was spearheaded by an Oregon Department of Justice task force.  Included were district attorneys and over 30 law enforcement agencies from throughout the state.  The task force arrested individuals who had outstanding contempt complaints for willful failure to pay court-ordered child support.  Each offender is facing a maximum sentence of up to 6 months in jail and large monetary fines.

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In Cheyenne, Wyoming, legislators are proposing a change in family laws that could make it more likely for parents to lose their driver's licenses if they are delinquent with their child support payments. 

According to child support enforcement director of the Wyoming Department of Family Services, Brenda Lyttle, a push in draft legislation is needed and she is advocating the change.  Lyttle believes that the change in child support law would make it much easier for her office to suspend the driver's licenses of parents who are at least $5,000 behind in child support payments.  The law would also apply to parents who have not made payments for at least 90 days.  Lyttle claims that approximately 1,600 parents would meet the criteria for having their licenses suspended. 

"Our goal is absolutely not to take away driver's licenses; our goal is absolutely to get them to pay their child support," Lyttle said.

On December 4th, the Joint Interim Committee is scheduled to consider the draft bill in a meeting in Casper, Wyoming. 

At this time, Lyttle's office already has authority under state laws to suspend the driver's licenses of parents who owe child support.  The office can suspend the licenses without going to court.  However, the current laws would require her office to hire an administration judge to preside over hearings and also require her office to collect fees, which they have no way of being able to process.  

Senator Tony Ross is a lawyer and also the co-chairman of the judiciary committee.  He said that he was concerned over the proposed bill because the earlier versions lacked certain requirements and did not give enough notice to people who may lose their licenses.  However, since his concerns were expressed, legislators have created new drafts of the bill that will make sure that due-process elements are worked into the administrative suspension procedure, should the bill be passed. 

"We've made substantial changes to the bill that I believe I can support it now," Ross said.

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In South Carolina, laws surrounding child support and child support payments have become increasingly strict.  For example, in Newberry, SC, police arrested 13 parents that were delinquent with their child support payments.

Overall, in that region, law enforcement reports that a group of 23 parents owe $260,135 in delinquent child support payments. 

The 13 parents that were apprehended and placed under arrest are facing up to a year in prison if they are convicted.  They will also face other legal penalties such as court fees, probation, and fines.  Additionally, their custodial agreements may be revisited due to their delinquencies.

At this time, South Carolina Deputies report that they are still looking to arrest 12 other parents.  These other parents owe over $100,000 in back child support.

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