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In reply to the discussion: State Department to revoke more passports from people who haven't paid child support [View all]Lifeafter70
(827 posts)This legislation was put into place during the Clinton administration. It allowed many custodial parents the tools needed to enforce their child support orders
I was one of those parents. Durring the 80s and 90s my ex would move from state to state or his employer would ignore my child support order. This law made it easier to collect by enacting state and federal penalties for non payment.
My ex earned three times what I did, his child support was $350 a month for four children. By the time this legislation was enacted he was 50k in arrears.
His job required security clearance, which was denied (temporarily) until he entered a monthly payment plan. Because of this legislation.
BTW he was a republican who didn't believe in the government telling him what to do with "his" money.
This legislation has helped children receive the support they are entitled to. It's not new and if you read the article, revoking driver's license and passports are used for those parents who owe extreme amounts of back child support. This has been going on since 1998.
In my opinion a republican who got caught not paying his child support is stiring the pot
Pay your child support and you will be ok