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Authorities crackdown on child support deadbeats
WTOC-TV ^ | Apr 27, 2011 | WTOC-TV

Posted on 04/29/2011 1:05:51 PM PDT by Qbert

BULLOCH CO., GA (WTOC) - Bulloch County Sheriff's Office and the child support enforcement division conducted round up of major violators who have failed to pay child support.

Twenty-six parents with the highest totals of money owed were selected as targets of the sweep, according to the sheriff's office. The total values owed by those arrested is an estimated $500,000 with the highest individual arrearage being $42,000. 

On Tuesday morning, warrants and patrol deputies arrested multiple defendants and transported them to the Bulloch County Jail.

(Excerpt) Read more at wtoc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: childsupport; crime; deadbeats
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1 posted on 04/29/2011 1:05:57 PM PDT by Qbert
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To: Qbert

Racist action


2 posted on 04/29/2011 1:08:36 PM PDT by blackdog (The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
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To: Qbert

I have never gotten how throwing a deadbeat parent in jail produces child support.


3 posted on 04/29/2011 1:10:35 PM PDT by svcw (Non forgiveness is like holding a hot coal thinking the other person will be blistered)
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“I have never gotten how throwing a deadbeat parent in jail produces child support.”

Yeah, well- the law’s the law.


4 posted on 04/29/2011 1:14:26 PM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: Qbert

And who says “debtors prisons” are passe?

Only in America can you go to jail for a civil matter?


5 posted on 04/29/2011 1:15:35 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (What other people think of you is none of your business.)
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To: Qbert
Wouldn't it make more sense to simply garnish the wages of the actual deadbeats, or force them to liquidate items of value that are not related to their ability to earn a living, instead of throwing them in jail?

Looks like we have another case of cops trying to show how "important" they are by going after non-violent offenders and skipping the violent ones, again.

6 posted on 04/29/2011 1:18:01 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: svcw

And to think there was no trial by Jury even for the Civil “trial” which obviously was over more than the $20 mentioned in the dusty-old-forgotten 7th Amendment...

“In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.”

Family court just issues orders... very efficient...


7 posted on 04/29/2011 1:18:16 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (Huguenot)
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To: svcw

I have never gotten how throwing a deadbeat parent in jail produces child support.

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The purpose of throwing them in jail is not for them to produce child support, but to punish them for not paying it in the past.

Course there is an easy way to avoid paying child support for your kids and not face jail time. It’s called marriage.

It works. LBJ’s plan does not.


8 posted on 04/29/2011 1:19:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (What other people think of you is none of your business.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Only in America can you go to jail for a civil matter?”

There can be criminal sanctions for not paying child support in various situations:

http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=16445


9 posted on 04/29/2011 1:21:33 PM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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I've seen what happens to the paychecks of guys I know who are paying child support.

Condoms are a whole lot cheaper (and in many cases free) so I have zero sympathy.
10 posted on 04/29/2011 1:23:37 PM PDT by OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings
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To: Qbert

The simple majority of deadbeats are the mothers.


11 posted on 04/29/2011 1:24:18 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Qbert

Support the divorce/cohabitation industry by buying things that you don’t need, generating revenues.

Initial Jobless claims jump in latest week. Unexpectedly Rises to 429,000
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2711783/posts

Or don’t, and become more self-sufficient. Look forward to the default, resulting small government and the chance for better business, political and social leadership, or not. What we do with the Political Correctness Depression is up to you. And no, a commie regime can’t survive on worthless money and lack of manufacturing (sustainable revenues). In Argentina, the gov. talks a lot but doesn’t do much these days. Most people there are attending huge barter meetings, while gov. folks look helplessly on.


12 posted on 04/29/2011 1:24:31 PM PDT by familyop ("Don't worry, they'll row for a month before they figure out I'm fakin' it." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: Responsibility2nd

I think one simple resolution would be to base the child support on which party asks for a divorce. The one who asks for it is the one that pays, and leaves the home as well. The other parent gets the home and the kids and any appropriate child support.

That is, unless things like domestic violence, drug use, “serious” (lost the house payment) gambling or unilateral infidelity can be proven.


13 posted on 04/29/2011 1:26:53 PM PDT by RobRoy (The US today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: Qbert

Great but what about the deadbeat moms who receive the support payments and spend the money on themselves or their boyfriends instead of on their kids?


14 posted on 04/29/2011 1:28:47 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (Stuck with a local RINO? Regardless of who you vote for, donate $$$ to a different district.)
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To: OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings

>>Condoms are a whole lot cheaper (and in many cases free) so I have zero sympathy.<<

Although I agree with you in many cases, what about the one where the wife just gets tired of hubby and does a no-fault divorce and then keeps the kids and the house, and wants him to pay child support. And then in a down economy he finds getting work difficult?


15 posted on 04/29/2011 1:28:50 PM PDT by RobRoy (The US today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: Qbert

Great but what about the deadbeat moms who receive the support payments and spend the money on themselves or their boyfriends instead of on their kids?


16 posted on 04/29/2011 1:29:06 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (Stuck with a local RINO? Regardless of who you vote for, donate $$$ to a different district.)
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To: Qbert

Great but what about the deadbeat moms who receive the support payments and spend the money on themselves or their boyfriends instead of on their kids?


17 posted on 04/29/2011 1:29:11 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (Stuck with a local RINO? Regardless of who you vote for, donate $$$ to a different district.)
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To: RobRoy

Why do you think I’m not married? I’m 26. And life is real, real long when you make poor decisions.


18 posted on 04/29/2011 1:30:51 PM PDT by OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings
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To: svcw
I have never gotten how throwing a deadbeat parent in jail produces child support.

They're probably being charged with a felony which would require an arrest and time in front of a judge.

19 posted on 04/29/2011 1:31:07 PM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: BinaryBoy

Sorry about the dupes. IE9 isn’t refreshing the page after submitting. Weird.


20 posted on 04/29/2011 1:31:35 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (Stuck with a local RINO? Regardless of who you vote for, donate $$$ to a different district.)
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