Jefferson County Child Support Case Study

This was a child abuse case where a Dodge County father and the live-in girlfriend he

Lee County DHR’s testimony revealed that the case with the non-custodial parent (NCP), Felton Harley, Jr., begin back in 1992 when the custodial parent(CP), Wanda Marshall, applied for services to establish a paternity order, income withholding (IWO), and medical. An order was established and the NCP was paying child support. On July 9, 2008, the CP requested enforcement; DHR filed contempt against the NCP because he had not paid a child support payment since April 2008. The NCP appeared in court and paid $400.00; the court dismissed the review because an IWO had been mailed and the payments were being received through the IWO. On November 5, 2010, a contempt action was filed again, due to the NCP not paying child support since August 2010.

Elmore County DHR’s testimony revealed that based on the request for a hearing that the non-custodial parent’s (NCP) attorney sent, the agency is under the impression that the NCP’s attorney is of the opinion that the court findings is that the arrears could not be determine; dismiss the arrears. The custodial parent (CP), Tracey Boozer, applied for services on June 10, 2014. At that time, the agency completed an Affidavit of Past Due Support based on the divorce and the courts payment record. The agency filed a contempt action with the court against the NCP. On October 27, 2014, the court referee ruled that it was unable to determine the arrears. The order quoted “Arrears are unable to be determined after testimony.” Afterward, through

On 04/03/2018, SI Koval reviewed a notice of entry of order by the District Court Family Division Clark County, Nevada dated 02/23/2018. The order was regarding the order of termination of parental rights from Ms. HUSSMAN for Hadleigh. The order further

Madison County DHR revealed that the only testimony they have is the spreadsheet. The representative stated that credit needed to be given to the NCP for those payments that he made without DHR’s knowledge. She stated DHR has no issue in adjusting the payments with

Mobile County DHR’s representative revealed that the on August 27, 2015, the FIDM hearing was requested. On August 31, 2015, the balances were provided to the NCP’s attorney. On September 11, 2015, a notice was received from Regions Bank stating there are no funds available. On October 7, 2015, the child support supervisor reviewed the accounts of the hearing. The agency closed the State arrears accounts due to the accounts being more than 20 years old and meeting the statute of limitations. Also on that same date, the State interest account was closed. On November 10, 2015, the case was reviewed for enforcement; payments were being submitted for the NCP's additional cases only. On the same date, the court ordered a payback of $120.00 to Seymour Fleet Inc.; an income withholding order was sent. On November 15, 2015, the spreadsheet was completed beginning with the judgement amounts given during the November 1, 2006 court hearing in the amounts of $16,917.68 in arrears and $18,127.09 in interest both to

The facts in this case are regarding the petitioner, Joshua DeShaney and the respondent, the county department of social services. In 1979, Joshua DeShaney was born and in 1980, a Wyoming court granted his parents a divorce and awarded custody to his father, Randy DeShaney. In January of 1982, Randy DeShaney’s second wife complained that he had previously “hit the boy, causing marks, and was a prime case for child abuse” (DeShaney v. Winnebago County). This would turn out to be the first of many complaints against Randy DeShaney regarding the abuse of Joshua DeShaney. Winnebago County Department of Social Services interviewed the father, and when asked if he abused his son, he denied such accusations and they did not pursue him any further. In January 1983, one year later, Joshua was admitted to a local hospital with bruises and abrasions, because of which, the physician suspected child abuse and notified the DSS. The DSS subsequently placed Joshua in temporary custody of the hospital but decided there was insufficient evidence of child abuse. They then recommended that Randy DeShaney enroll his son in preschool, provided Joshua’s father with counselling, and encouraged

This case was last before the court on 1/4/2017 for a report to the court. The hearing was rescheduled until 2/6/2017, as all the attorneys were not present. At that time, temporary custody of Issac Johnson remained with the Department. The case was continued until 2/6/2017 for a status report.

While he has provided financial support, which was court mandated, he has never actively been involved in her life. His commitment to his daughter’s academic achievements and school accolades is non-existent. Abby has five siblings that are also on my caseload. This has been consistent with all five of them. To my knowledge, her father’s only commitment is to the financial responsibility mandated by the court.

Child support is by far the most common thing in America. Families which include both parents are slowly dying out. Although raising a child in a single family home might be easy to some, it is actually pretty stressful for those who aren’t financially stabled. I could go into many details and situations regarding child support due to the fact that my siblings are either on the supporting side or the one who needs the support. Child support is a very big deal to me because I do feel that if the other parent doesn’t want to be in that child’s life then the least they could do is give money to the care giver so that child is not going without, especially in the infant stage.

Jefferson County DHR representative’s testimony revealed that Child Support received a notice that the custodial parent (CP), Brittany Davis, is receiving assistance from the agency. Child Support mailed an appointment letter to the CP’s address at 7500 2nd Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35201 on March 20, 2015. The CP was notified to come to the office on April 6, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. for her appointment. The appointment letter states, “If you miss appointment, your FA benefits may be reduced, or your case may be closed for up to 12 months. Therefore, it is urgent that you come in on the date and time in this letter. If you cannot come in on the date and time given, you must contact me before the appointment date in order to reschedule

The non-custodial parent (NCP), Mr. Russell revealed that his situation in dealing with the Lien Unit is because of lack of payment on his account toward child support. He stated he paid the required child support as ordered, have not missed a payment; does not feel that the lien should have been placed on his account. The money in his account was saved for a certain procedure dealing with his health. He also had to pay bills, check is direct deposit, and money was due to pay bills at the time his account was seized, which caused his bills to be behind, and put him in a hole that he is still trying to climb out of. He does not feel that they should put a lien on his account because he is following procedures that he was already ordered to pay. He stated he is requesting the lien be removed from his account and his daughter’s account.

Agreement was granting him the “Exclusive” right to vacation with the children and preference in odds years (2015 being the odd year). Moreover, the father did not know if his proposed order or this of the opposing counsel would be signed by the honorable Judge Bernstein when he left to Orlando with the children. Nevertheless, the order was signed in December 21, 2015 and was not entered in the system until December 24, 2015. Subsequent to this signing, the father was never served with the order. The Father left to Orlando Florida on December 27, 2015 and, by that time, he had not been served with the signed order of the Honorable Judge Bernstein. Neither the Court System nor the Mother’s attorney serve the father with the court order and

The Child Support Enforcement Amendment was amended to Aid to Families with Dependent Children law by requiring State welfare agencies to notify law enforcement officials when benefits were being furnished to a child who had been abandoned by one of the parents. Child support would be given to the parent who has custody of the child. The nonresident parent would be considered the non-custodial parent and would have to pay support for the child. The courts were notified of any parent receiving benefits for the child and themselves. AFDC was first established as support for children whose father had died. By 1970s, AFDC was aided due to parents being divorced or separated, or never married. This then created The Child Support Enforcement and

The first case that was presented involved a man that was currently incarcerated in the Vanderburgh County jail. The inmate was able to plead his case, telling the judge that he was not able to work because he was injured, and therefore had no income to pay for child support. After looking at the past payments the inmate made through the court, it revealed that before he was incarcerated he had made one payment to the child’s mother. He claimed that he was out of work because he had broken his leg, but failed to provide an statements from his employer stating he was either let go or not able to work because of an injury. All payments had stopped for whatever reason. The judge found the inmate in contempt of court for failure to obey a court order. He could not prove to the judge that he deliberately disobey the court’s order to pay child support. In the end, the judge found him irresponsible and sentenced him to 90 days in jail along with a $1000 fine. After he was sentenced, he was escorted out of the front of the courtroom by the bailiff.