• 25
  • January
    2012

Child support can be crucial for some families. This money helps custodial parents support their children's essential needs. When a non-custodial parent fails to pay child support, families in Illinois may not be able to buy the things they need to preserve the wellbeing of their children. Now a new federal agency website is hoping to expose some of the biggest child support violators in the country.

The Office of Inspector General, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has launched a website aimed at exposing the "most wanted" child support violators in hopes that it will lead to their capture.

The website lists the person's name and has a picture of many of them. It also provides details of their violation and other information that might help lead law enforcement to their capture. People who violate child support payment should be held accountable.

Although the federal government usually leaves child support enforcement up to the states, it does step in if these circumstances apply:

•· The violator has missed more than one year of payments

•· The children live in a different state than the noncustodial parent who owes more than $5,000

•· The noncustodial parent has left the country or state to avoid child support payments.

People in Hudson Valley who violate their child support agreements should be held accountable. If you are owed child support payments, it might be wise to speak with an experienced family law attorney to discuss what options you have in seeking the payment.

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services New Release, "OIG Launches Child Support Enforcement Web Page: Introduces 'most wanted' list of deadbeat parents," Jan. 17, 2012